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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JustNik · 51-55, F

Not by skin tone in the photo certainly. I wouldn’t even know for sure one was black.

bijouxbroussard · F

@JustNik Welcome to the one-drop rule. And Duke wasn’t biracial in the sense that it’s meant now—both of his parents were light-skinned black people.