Profile · Classification

Country United States
Profession Actor
Religious Status Religious
Religious Affiliation Christianity
Belief in God Believes in God
Style entertaining
Vibe reflective
Category Actor
Confidence
96%
Subcategories
Actor Musician Artist
Themes
Vaudeville Black performance

मैंने अपने सभी बच्चों के नाम फूलों पर रखे हैं। लिली है, रोज है और मेरा बेटा, आर्टिफिशियल है

I named all my children after flowers. There's Lillie and Rose and my son, Artificial.

I named all my children after flowers. There's Lillie and Rose and my son, Artificial.

अश्वेत होना किसी भी तरह से अपमानजनक है, यह बात मैं कभी नहीं समझ पाया। लेकिन अमेरिका में मैंने इसे अक्सर असुविधाजनक जरूर पाया है।

I have never been able to discover anything disgraceful in being a colored man. But I have often found it inconvenient - in America.

I have never been able to discover anything disgraceful in being a colored man. But I have often found it inconvenient - in America.

लोग कभी-कभी मुझसे पूछते हैं कि क्या मैं गोरा होने के लिए कुछ भी देने को तैयार नहीं हूँ, तो मैं गीत के शब्दों में बेहद दृढ़ता से उत्तर देता हूँ, 'नहीं।' मुझे क्या पता कि अगर मैं गोरा होता तो क्या होता? हो सकता है कि मैं कोई सुरंग खोदने वाला मजदूर होता, जो $8 प्रतिदिन के लिए अपनी सेहत दांव पर लगा रहा होता। हो सकता है कि मैं $12 या $15 प्रति सप्ताह कमाने वाला ट्राम का कंडक्टर होता। ऐसे कई गोरे लोग हैं जो मुझसे कम भाग्यशाली और कम साधनसंपन्न हैं। असल में, मैं कभी यह नहीं समझ पाया कि अश्वेत होने में कुछ भी अपमानजनक है। लेकिन अमेरिका में मैंने इसे अक्सर असुविधाजनक जरूर पाया है।

People sometimes ask me if I would not give anything to be white, I answer, in the words of the song, most emphatically, 'No.' How do I know what I might be if I were a white man? I might be a sand-hog, burrowing away and losing my health for $8 a day. I might be a street-car conductor at $12 or $15 a week. There is many a white man less fortunate and less well equipped than I am. In fact, I have never been able to discover that there was anything disgraceful in being a colored man. But I have often found it inconvenient - in America.

People sometimes ask me if I would not give anything to be white, I answer, in the words of the song, most emphatically, 'No.' How do I know what I might be if I were a white man? I might be a sand-hog, burrowing away and losing my health for $8 a day. I might be a street-car conductor at $12 or $15 a week. There is many a white man less fortunate and less well equipped than I am. In fact, I have never been able to discover that there was anything disgraceful in being a colored man. But I have often found it inconvenient - in America.

एक काला चेहरा, घिसे हुए जूते और फटी-पुरानी पोशाक मुझे छिपने की जगह दे देते हैं। असली बर्ट विलियम्स उस अश्वेत कलाकार के भीतर गहराई में छिपा रहता है जो गाने गाता है और कहानियां सुनाता है।

A black face, run-down shoes and elbow-out make-up give me a place to hide. The real Bert Williams is crouched deep down inside the coon who sings the songs and tells the stories.

A black face, run-down shoes and elbow-out make-up give me a place to hide. The real Bert Williams is crouched deep down inside the coon who sings the songs and tells the stories.