Are there many interethnic marriages in Kazakhstan? Why are some people against Kazakhs marrying non-Kazakhs? What are they afraid of? Why do they want to preserve their gene pool and culture? What is "national purity" and who needs it? Should children from mixed marriages be called mestizos? Where did this term come from? What does it mean? Do Kazakhstanis of mixed blood have a special identity? What language do children from interethnic marriages in Kazakhstan speak? What problems do they face? What is written in the nationality column in the passport? And are they ready to give it up? Public figure Arman Shurayev, sociologist Serik Beisembayev, anthropologist Alima Bisenova and historian Zhaksylyk Sabitov talk about interethnic marriages and children of mixed blood in Kazakhstan. Contents: 00:00 – About Kazakh mestizos 01:17 – Karakat Abden: tax Kazakh women for marriages with foreigners 01:50 – Why can the term "mestizo" offend? 03:08 – Stories of mixed families 09:47 – How many interethnic marriages are there in Kazakhstan? 11:00 – Why don't people want daughters-in-law and sons-in-law of a different nationality? 12:43 – About the difference in mentality 15:14 – What Kazakh parents expect from their children 17:09 – Famous Kazakhs and their non-Kazakh wives 17:47 – Where does the fear of interethnic marriages come from? 20:43 – About different understandings of "nationality" 21:46 – What nationality do Kazakh mestizos choose? 23:24 – Which parent shapes the child's identity? 26:14 – Kazakhstanis or Kazakhs? 27:10 – Is it archaic to indicate nationality? 33:28 – What is an identity crisis? 35:22 – How does society “pressure” mestizos? 37:26 – Is mestizo a label? 39:08 – Is family more important than nationality? 40:13 – Dior’s muse Alla Ilchun and her Kazakh roots 42:00 – What language do mestizos choose in Kazakhstan? 44:29 – Are Russian-speaking mestizos shamed for not knowing Kazakh? 45:57 – Why is it difficult to learn Kazakh? 48:00 – Will the Kazakh language unite all Kazakhstanis? 49:50 – Language as a path to national identity 51:45 – About racial prejudices in Kazakhstan 54:29 – About the purity of the nation 55:53 – Why is the isolation of an ethnic group dangerous? 56:30 – Why do people pay attention to mestizos? 57:49 – How do people of mixed race feel abroad? 58:45 – Are we all mestizos? Who makes AIRAN? https://airan.kz/ Follow AIRAN on social media: Instagram: https://instagram.com/airan.media?igs... TikTok: / airan_media Telegram: https://t.me/airan_media Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?... You can watch our other releases in the playlists: Current: • Current Airan Special releases: • AIRAN Airan Special releases Proofs: • AIRAN Airan Proofs Interviews: • AIRAN Airan Interviews Weekly Review: • AIRAN What was that? Airan Podcast: • Airan Podcast #kazakhstan #kazakhs #mestizos #interethnicunions #interethnic unions #ussr #sovietunion #russians #ukrainians #koreans #germans #italians #tatars #ethnos #genetics #gene pool #nationality #nation #anthropology #history #AllaIlchun #dior #christiandior #discrimination #racism #language #nazarbayev #tokayev #sabitov #karakatabden #karakat