Ethnicity, race…and music

I recently found this photo online. If you know jazz, you probably know who they are, and I think it’s from when they toured together.
But one thing I thought of: in the U.S., this is a picture of a white man and a black man. If you don’t know the individuals, would you be able to tell who was who ?

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SW-User

Django was Romani so technically I think they derive from the Indian subcontinent if you go far enough back ... where does the arbitrary line between "white" and "brown" begin? Olive complexions or what? Are Palestinian Jews (e.g., JC) white? Are some southern Europeans white and others brown?

Oh well, I will just take this opportunity to throw in a gratutitous YouTube clip no one asked for because I never get tired of it lol (from the annual Django festival in the town where he retired)

[media=https://youtu.be/0kUbRxoMTM8]

bijouxbroussard · F

@SW-User In the U.S. in the 1940s, yes they were. As I said to someone else, there were places Django could go that Duke couldn’t.

SW-User

@bijouxbroussard ah, that's not cool then, and I was not aware of that