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Why does every black person in the movies have to play a servant? How about a black person walking up the steps of a courthouse carrying a briefcase?

Myrna Loy

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Myrna Loy
Age: 88 †
Born: 1905
Born: August 2
Died: 1993
Died: December 14
Actor
Dancer
Film Actor
Film Actress
Stage Actor
Television Actor
Helena
Montana
Myrna Adele Williams
Catharina Myrna Adele Williams
Black
Courthouse
Doe
Briefcase
Persons
Briefcases
Person
Carrying
Play
Servant
Every
Walking
Steps
Movies

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