Spock gives teenage girl advice - Must-read!

Moved by the letter of a mixed-race girl, Leonard Nimoy gives the teenage girl advice about courage and being true to oneself. RIP, Spock. Live long and prosper.

Spock gives teenage girl advice about bullies

Leonard Nimoy's letter was originally published in the 1968 issue of teen magazine, Fave.

A young girl asked for advice on how to make friends because she's a mixed-race girl. She wrote:

"My mother is Negro and my father is white and I am told this makes me a half-breed... The Negroes don't like me because I don't look like them. The white kids don't like me because I don't exactly look like one of them either. I guess I'll never have any friends."

Moved by her letter, Nimoy himself penned a response. Click next to read the highlights of his letter and be deeply touched by the heartfelt advice.

RIP, Leonard Nimoy. Live long and prosper.

Go out on your own

There is no good reason for picking on anyone

Popularity is merely the crumbs of greatness

Find out what you yourself have to offer the world

Choose your own personal goal and go after it

Be interested in being useful

Written by

Carla Casanova-Perlas

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