She defended herself among the sea of white do-gooders. “I am very proud that I can portray a stereotyped role,” she said. “When you take that away from me, you take away my birthright. We are not doing anything to disgrace anybody. Such things as that should be left alone. There are certain traditions we can’t get rid of. [I will] fight the above resolution to eliminate the stereotyping of Negroes on the radio.”
