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Basically there is no difference between whites and blacks, browns and yellows. I decided to think no more of people as Northerners and Southerners.

Ethel Waters

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Ethel Waters
Age: 80 †
Born: 1896
Born: October 31
Died: 1977
Died: September 1
Film Actor
Jazz Musician
Singer
Stage Actor
Vocalist
Chester
Pennsylvania
Thinking
Whites
People
Blacks
Yellow
Basically
Yellows
Decided
Northerners
Difference
Browns
Differences
Southerners
Think
Southerner

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