Pinky was adapted from Cid Ricketts Sumner’s novel, Quality. Quality was an offensively segregationist novel which Pinky suffered Tom’s rejection immediately after he discovered her race; white locals burnt down the property she inherited. The endings of the novel were completely different from the ones in the movie, which suggests that thought the darker ending more accurately reflected the realities of race relations, Fox wanted the audiences to see a more uplifting look of American race relations. Pinky outweighed her community over her relationship with Tom. This relationship was a performance that Pinky performed to seek for the authenticity- a better life, however the disguise made her lost about her own black communities and authentic identities. Her rejection of this relationship at the end suggested her strong sense of community and the realistically impossible interracial relationship. Trying to portray a better image of the American racial relationships, Fox encountered a lot of difficulties. Those were illustrated when Pinky made it to Marshall, Texas and three censors fought to have it banned. “The specific reasons for banning Pinky are: 1. a white man (Dr. Thomas Adams in the movie) retaining his love for a woman (Pinky) after learning that she is a Negro, 2. A white man kissing and embracing a Negro woman and 3. (a scene in which) two white ruffians assault Pinky after she has told them she is colored.” (Flicks) And thus the Texas Supreme Court decided Pinky should be banned. This banishment suggests how race was viewed as a sensitive issue in America during Cold War and how Pinky served as a break through to portray the racial issues. Fox’s selective and twisted presentation of the story reflected the biased nature of media and the awareness of racial issues in the American society during the Cold War.