for -- for thomas dickson, this was the horror to be avoided and fought at all costs. four race men and women, passing was a marker, a common fictional character is the black person, the gentile black person, who typically could've past but who didn't because of a sense of mission to the race. of course, the reciprocal of that, if they do pass, you turn your back on your mission to the race. when i found and saw and understand to be true is that a lot of so-called passing was totally instrumental, flip it even, i mention that on my way to high school i saw a guy who rode the bus. all the black people on the bus -- he had a job that permitted him to wear a tie and a pocket protector with some fans in it. not many black people had such jobs like that. this guy was probably passing do you get access to a job that he could have access to otherwise. i know a family who lived in two sides of a double house. we had the same last name. the fathers were first cousins. they looked alike. one side the house lived as white, the other side lived as black. nobody made any bones abou