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In China, Eugenics Determines Who Plays in School Bands (Published 2016)
The reporter Didi Kirsten Tatlow writes about the process by which Chinese teachers decide which students will play in the school band.
www.nytimes.com
"“Your kids were chosen not because they want to play this or that instrument, but because they have long arms, or the right lips, or are the right height, say for the trumpet, or the drums,” he said."
"The Italian mother of one said her daughter had been chosen for saxophone because the girl was strongly built."
"And in a statement that shocked both of us profoundly, Teacher Wang said something about how Africans had long arms and so would be good at particular instruments, such as the cello."
Jfl at thinking talent has anything to do with hard work jfl it's literally all just physical appearance. Genetics are everything in life.