Pinky belongs to a group of American films with a new attitude to racial questions. (p. 107)

[It] is a film about principles; but principles conveyed by emotional means—and rightly so conveyed; for colour prejudice, whatever elements of reason it may embrace or conceal, is in essence an emotional force, and will be defeated only by a stronger emotional force. Pinky is an extremely moving piece of work; moving in its acting, its direction and its writing. It is a good film, in fact, not because it has a praiseworthy subject … but because it speaks to us with understanding, pity and indignation of the suffering, the courageous human figure. (p. 108)