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

Sammy Davis Jr. used to tell a joke: "My mother was born in San Juan. So I'm Puerto Rican, Jewish, colored and married to a white woman. When I move into a neighborhood, people start running four ways at the same time."

His mom was born in New York City of Afro-Cuban descent, actually. But why ruin a joke?

bijouxbroussard · F

@SW-User Exactly right. And one reason he’d refer to her as Puerto Rican rather than Cuban was because of biases against Cubans, even back then.

SW-User

@bijouxbroussard The tightropes he had to walk...
What couldn't he do in Show Biz?