Hidden Figures Movie Analysis
Academic superiors, such as teachers and principals, with similarities to the student allow that child to feel comfortable in their own skin as they observe, associate, and formulate based upon people like them instead of dominating racial, ethnic, or gender counterparts. In the case of girls of color, they develop a sense of who they are if they are able to see and compare their lives, behavior, and accomplishments to someone similar to them rather than a white female who faces different struggles and lives a different life. Placing people in the lives of these young girls that resemble them is essential to the healthy growth and maturity of young girls of color. Often faced with distinct problems, which come from intersectionalism along with
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other obstacle creating sources, African-American and Black girls berated and weary, which affects their self-efficacy. Living in a world where they are already feed messages that they are lesser than, not seeing any women of color succeeding in multiple endeavors leads them to believe certain task might not be feasible for girls of color. They need role models, people that resemble them, which they can turn to in order to gain support, knowledge, and inspiration. “For girls of color, the lack of power and privilege and the daily experiences of oppression and discrimination in their interactions with the dominant culture must be compensated with behaviors that encourage connection, voice, and protection from harm” (Letendre and Rozas 48). It is essential that these young girl have role models to provide them with a sense of belonging and normality within a society that portrays their success as a “dime a dozen” and often forgets the untold stories of success women of color.
Additionally, the problem has not gone completely unacknowledged.
There have been many attempts and successes at introducing young girls of color to the untold and inspirational stories of women of color. For example, the movie Hidden Figures which stormed the box offices on Christmas of 2015 stirring up buzz about its profound message and effects on young women across the world. The movie displays the stories of three women of color working for NASA as “computers,” people who calculate all the mathematics for the projects in progress at NASA. Before seeing this movie, I was completely oblivious to the fact African-American and Black women were even contributors to the seemingly infeasible task of getting the man on the moon. Though they made great contributions to NASA, their stories seemed to be lost in time until the release of this movie. As previously elaborated on, it is not the fact there are no women of color role models, but the fact young girls are not being exposed or hearing about them, “For many boys and girls watching Glenn’s landing, the national heroes at NASA didn’t look like them. Women and people of color – like the trio that Hidden Figures chronicles, Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan, and Mary Jackson – might have played significant roles in space flight, but in 1960s their stories simply weren’t told” (Locke par 2). It is about time to bring these untold stories to the
light.
other obstacle creating sources, African-American and Black girls berated and weary, which affects their self-efficacy. Living in a world where they are already feed messages that they are lesser than, not seeing any women of color succeeding in multiple endeavors leads them to believe certain task might not be feasible for girls of color. They need role models, people that resemble them, which they can turn to in order to gain support, knowledge, and inspiration. “For girls of color, the lack of power and privilege and the daily experiences of oppression and discrimination in their interactions with the dominant culture must be compensated with behaviors that encourage connection, voice, and protection from harm” (Letendre and Rozas 48). It is essential that these young girl have role models to provide them with a sense of belonging and normality within a society that portrays their success as a “dime a dozen” and often forgets the untold stories of success women of color.
Additionally, the problem has not gone completely unacknowledged.
There have been many attempts and successes at introducing young girls of color to the untold and inspirational stories of women of color. For example, the movie Hidden Figures which stormed the box offices on Christmas of 2015 stirring up buzz about its profound message and effects on young women across the world. The movie displays the stories of three women of color working for NASA as “computers,” people who calculate all the mathematics for the projects in progress at NASA. Before seeing this movie, I was completely oblivious to the fact African-American and Black women were even contributors to the seemingly infeasible task of getting the man on the moon. Though they made great contributions to NASA, their stories seemed to be lost in time until the release of this movie. As previously elaborated on, it is not the fact there are no women of color role models, but the fact young girls are not being exposed or hearing about them, “For many boys and girls watching Glenn’s landing, the national heroes at NASA didn’t look like them. Women and people of color – like the trio that Hidden Figures chronicles, Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan, and Mary Jackson – might have played significant roles in space flight, but in 1960s their stories simply weren’t told” (Locke par 2). It is about time to bring these untold stories to the
light.