Pretty good looking, racist + sexist + NASA. Because there were no toilets for people of color in the building, Katherine had to fly to another building every day to use the toilet, which made me realize what an era it was. In that era, although black people had the right to education, the world was still limited, vigilant, and alert to them. Don't give these people long-term employment, don't give them full data even if the job is highly relevant, don't allow them access to a sizable part of the library, don't allow them to study at cutting-edge schools...
Vivian: You know, Dorothy, despite what you may think, I have nothing against you all.
Dorothy: I know, I know you probably believe that.
The conversation is brilliant, even if it seems bland. "You probably really believe you're not against us," Dorothy said. Yeah, Vivian didn't have physical violence against these people of color, no very explicit verbal contempt, and it really seemed like there was no ill will towards black people. However, Vivian makes Dorothy work as a supervisor without giving the corresponding position and salary; Vivian gives all people of color jobs, regardless of their ability, on a temporary basis, and believes that "you should be happy to have a job. ”; Vivian rejected Mary’s application for engineer training because it was provisionally required to take courses that only whites could attend…
Mary: Every time we have a chance to get ahead, they move the finish line.
Vivian: I just follow the rules around here.
Vivian thought she was just following the rules and had no ill will towards black people. But what if the rules are wrong? The white staff, headed by Vivian, did not consider that these people of color should have the same rights when doing the same work as white people. They're just raising the bar for people of color to be successful and recognized again and again.
There is also a chain of contempt in this film, white people despise black people, and black men despise black women. Therefore, in addition to discussing the problem that people of color are difficult to gain recognition in the workplace, the film goes deeper into the problem of women's survival in the workplace and women's access to career support in the family.
When Katherine's suitor said: NASA actually let women be engineers?
Katherine showed disgust on the spot: NASA chose us not because we wear skirts, but because we wear glasses.
Fortunately, the black men in this film ultimately respect and support the aspirations and ideals of women. Mary's husband originally opposed her for promotion because of concerns about his wife's harm, but when Mary finally got the opportunity to study at a white school, her husband bought her a mechanical pencil and said, "No one can stop you, including me." can not. How warm woo woo woo!
This passage of Mary fighting for school in court is also brilliant: The point is, no negro woman in the state of Virginia has ever attended an all-white high school. It's unheard of. And before Alan Shepard sat on top of a rocket, no other American had ever touched space. And now, he will forever be remembered as the US Navy man from New Hampshire, the first to touch the stars. And I, sir, I plan on being an engineer at NASA, but I can' t do that without taking the classes at that all-white high school. And I can't change the color of my skin. So I have no choice but to be the first. Your honor, out of all the cases you're going to hear today, which one is gonna matter 100 years from now? Which one is gonna make you the first?
In order to become an engineer, Mary fought for the first black woman to enter a high-end university, and finally became the first African-American female engineer at NASA and even in the United States; Dorothy, in order to avoid becoming a laggard abandoned by the times, He learned programming languages by himself and eventually became the first African-American director of NASA; Katherine continued to work in the group, and NASA named a computing building after her in 2016. It's inspiring, they all ended up being The First with their talent and hard work.
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