Dear Pinky,
As a colored person who passed as white, living in the north, your action was very impressive for me. Though I was always questioned by my conscience whether I have made the right choice to pretend to be white, I always try to persuade myself using reasons about the material benefits that I can gain and peoples' respect for me, which has made passing addictive. Now, upon hearing your brief story, I'd say congratulations to your ambitions and your resolution of helping the native black population in training them to become nurses. Even for me, a person who pretends to be a white woman, it is good news to hear that our old black community can finally become developed and at one day be respected by whites in our country. After all, passing as white in the north means constantly worrying about the potential leak of my information of the past and it is only through improving our black community that I can live a real happy life.
Yours sincere,
Anonymous
As a colored person who passed as white, living in the north, your action was very impressive for me. Though I was always questioned by my conscience whether I have made the right choice to pretend to be white, I always try to persuade myself using reasons about the material benefits that I can gain and peoples' respect for me, which has made passing addictive. Now, upon hearing your brief story, I'd say congratulations to your ambitions and your resolution of helping the native black population in training them to become nurses. Even for me, a person who pretends to be a white woman, it is good news to hear that our old black community can finally become developed and at one day be respected by whites in our country. After all, passing as white in the north means constantly worrying about the potential leak of my information of the past and it is only through improving our black community that I can live a real happy life.
Yours sincere,
Anonymous