Black Violin - Stereotypes

[Kind of Blue]

"Just because I'm 6-foot-2, 260lb doesn’t mean you're supposed to be afraid of me. In a way, I notice that in one sense I wished that I didn’t exist and I wished that I didn’t sense, you know, that they were threatened just by my presence without even knowing who I am. I'm kind of glad for it because now it gives me, like, a goal or gives me something to debunk. And, like, the reason I smile on stage is because I know I'm completely crushing people's perceptions of not only what a violin can do..."

"With 'Stereotypes,' A Duo Raised On Hip-Hop And Classical Has It Both Ways"

http://www.npr.org/2015/09/17/440603268/with-stereotypes-a-duo-raised-on-hip-hop-and-classical-has-it-both-ways?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=morningedition&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=202502