African-Americans were often typecast as servants, entertainers or criminals.
非裔美国人经常被指定扮演仆人、演艺人员或罪犯的角色。
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Such entertainers were considered lower class and even slightly dishonourable.
这种艺人被认为是低级的,甚至是有些无耻的。
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One possibility is to help look after the entertainers, or you could spend an hour or so organising people as they arrive, and then just be part of the team making sure everything's going smoothly.