Tuesday, February 12, 2019

Hidden Figures

Aidan

Hidden Figures

Women Studies



In the speech about Hidden Figures, I was asked three questions.
"What was I told when I was younger about what I could and couldn't do with my life"
"Was there ever any time I felt I couldn't do something"
and then I was asked what character I related to, not in Hidden Figures necessarily, but everywhere.

The point of these questions was clear. Hidden Figures is a film about three black women defying odds in a time where America was segregated and bias was sown throughout the public.  I have personally never been told that I couldn't do something with my life. They say 'you can be whatever you want to be when you can grow up'. These three women heard the dead opposite every day. At every corner, there was another obstacle.

Hidden Figures serves two purposes. For one, it's entertainment, that's expected. But it's also supposed to dispell the idea that people can't do things based on things such as gender or skin.

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