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 WatersI never posed as a saint. I would have slept with a man for nothing if I liked him well enough.
Ethel WatersThe white audiences thought I was white, my features being what they are, and at every performance I'd have to take off my gloves to prove I was a spade.
Ethel WatersAsking what I considered an impossible salary when I didn't want to work for someone has boosted my pay again and again.
Ethel Waters