Servant-Leadership 101: Empathy Lesson (Hidden Figures example)
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- The Acronym Model of SERVANT-Leadership™ includes practicing EMPATHY. This 7-minute lesson shows this principle as learned by Al Harrison (played by Kevin Costner), through the courage of Katherine Johnson (played by Taraji P. Henson), part of a team of female African-American's playing a vital role in the early days of the NASA space program. Johnson wrestles with the obstacles of segregation and meet the demands of Johnson and the NASA space race.
As Harrison fails to fully grasp the impacts of segregation on his Ms. Johnson, he becomes very frustrated with her absence. Through Johnson's frustrations and courage, Harrison learns an important lesson in the critical role of empathy for leaders.
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Hidden Figures
20th Century Fox
December 10, 2016
Taraji P. Henson deserved an Oscar for her performance in Hidden Figures.
for that scene alone.
YES SHE DID!!!!
twoo, one for each hand................handed to her by Mr. Costner who would have been beaming with honor and pride- loudly!
This scene alone should have garnered an Academy Award nomination hor Ms. Henson, the pain and frustration endured just to be treated equally as a human being.
Yes...!! She didn't act that part...She Lived It!!!❤
ABSOLUTELY ❤️
Ms Henson was nominated for the Academy Award for her role. The film was also nominated and for best picture.
Correction--Ms. Henson was NOT nominated for an Oscar, Octavia Spencer was nominated for best supporting actress. The received the best picture and other nominations. Ms. Henson WAS overlooked.
In the early 1950's, when I was about 4 years old, my grandmother took me into the city to shop. I had very blonde hair and blue eyes and was very excited to ride that huge, long bus. I wanted to see what it was like to see that long bus turn the corners, so I let go of my grandmother's hand and ran to the very back of the bus. Although the back seat was full, the kind people moved over and let me jump up right in the middle of the back seat. I saw and heard my grandmother calling me from the front of the bus. No, I kept calling to her, I'm riding here at the very back. I couldn't understand why she kept calling me, and didn't come get me. I was very stubborn and refused to move. Finally, a nice black lady led me by the hand back to my grandmother at the front of the bus. I remember looking back down the bus aisle and wondering why I couldn't sit there. I didn't see color of skin, only people. I didn't realize until later. Prejudice is taught.
Wow.
Racism is ingrained in your mind by your parents. A child under 5 years old wouldn't have a clue what the hell racism is. You grow into it.
Wow
The innocence of a child is beautiful, adults ruin it with they’re ignorant beliefs. Thank you for sharing
Well duh, yte people are mentally ill and always desperate to irrationally hate and discriminate against black people because Yte people are demonic Neanderthals that are desperate to feel “superior”
Taraji is so underrated. She's one of the best actresses today.
Taraji is a Phenomenal actress. Every role she plays she Kills. She is a Blessing and talented actress. I am glad The Honorable Mrs. Katherine Johnson was still alive to see this movie made before she passed. She and the other ladies broke barriers and made history! She was so intelligent and didn't deserve to be treated this way like so many others. So happy Her/their story was brought to life. Who better than Taraji she is Amazing.❤😊😊✨💯🙏
Who is better? I think Octavia Spencer is. She kills every role she plays. Even the extended cameo on the Big Bang Theory. But I do agree, they both tend to own every scene they are in. No matter what show or movie they grace.
@@buzzard6410I think both are equally excellent.
@@margaritakleinman5701 Just today watched "The Help" again. So a bit biased for Octavia Spencer.
@@buzzard6410I can understand that! She was awesome in The Help.
This scene is amazing
Ms
Johnson was so good at her job John Glenn asked her if the figures were right before he completed his historic mission
As a 59yr old i thank my ancestors for their sacrifices. That now i don't have to experience. It's s damn shame that the young one's are killing each other today.
Thank our ancestors every day for the sacrifices they made…we didn’t have to endure such pain, humiliation and grief… a darn restroom break😮😮😮😮🖤
Just baffles me that Taraji wasn’t nominated for a Golden Globe.
ARE YOU FVCKING KIDDING ME
Why didn't Hollowood acknowledge the performances of the black actresses in this movie. All of them did an awesome job. In fact, this scene alone is Oscar material.
I wish I could have an once of that control and composure that Catherine had
Taraji was powerful, and Costner matched her energy! They were both amazing together!
Wow! That woman is an amazing actor.
Thank you. Since I am old enough to remember seeing the signs for designated restrooms, water fountains and yes schools or restaurants. I can assure you that they were not “EQUAL”. Thank you for highlighting this fact that is unfortunately, part of our American history. We need to learn of the injustices and be better. All people deserve to be treated with dignity.
This is what they don’t want taught in school
True and so embarrassingly sad.
And it still continues with the Republicans trumpers.
@@mikeperez2096you do realize the Republican Party was solidified to stop slavery, do you not? They actually helped to push the Democrats and KKK north.
@@mikeperez2096
No it doesn't
She is a absolutely tremendous actress. This scene brought tears to my eyes.
Makes me cry every time I watch it.
Extremely powerful scene....well done by all.
Hidden Figures is a great movie with a double entendre title!
My FAVORITE SCENE IN THIS MOVIE is when Kevin Cosners charecter (Al Harrison) tears down that toilet sign (..."WE PEE THE SAME COLOR" [similar to another phrase I was brought-up with "...WE ALL BLEED THE SAME 'COLOR' BLOOD"])
It's absolutely amazing that SO MANY "WHITE PEOPLE" were then/STILL ARE NOW, ...TOTALLY oblivious to problems they created, faced by people of color. LOOK AT ALL THESE RESTRICTIVE VOTING LAWS....... ARE WE GOING "BACK" to the PRE-CIVIL RIGHTS '60s?
I wish I had seen this movie when I was a teen; I would NOT have quit so many things I was involved with because I was told I was causing trouble (I didn't want to express my anger because I "DO" have a violent temper.)
So are you implying that requiring an ID to vote is somehow overly restrictive against black people? Dude seriously shut the hell up with your apolitical bullshit
This is a great scene. But you are blinded by unfounded rage. You probably were and probably would only cause trouble with a hasty attitude like that. The kind of exuberant low resolution convictions you carry would do nobody any good. It's a lot easier to break things than fix things, especially if the thing is already not working too badly.
Lol you are incredibly delusional.......
Remember be part of the solution, not part of the problem. It takes understanding, action and a firmly enforced belief that just because "that is the way things are done" is never a reason it is a cowards way.
No. The solution can get twisted and bent. It's better to not be part of the problem. The solution will arise over time through observation, demeanor and gossip. At this stage a courageous leader can tip the scales -- but not before.
@@IrregularPineapples a paper thin excuse. pathetic
One of the best movies made. Loved how empathetic Kevin Kostners character was.
but sad reality ,is only a movie the real world is not better
He wanted to win, his empathy had nothing to do with her plight.
Such courage. And someone got on her last nerve.
I love this film and I think that this scene is one of the greatest scenes in cinema history, truly. "Here at NASA we all pee the same colour" says it all
Nice scene, but do you know that that scene never happened ? Check the director talking about adding that scene, you can find it on RUclips as well
@@avlisodraude well, it must have happened somewhere as there are no segregated bathrooms now. It's a fabulous scene.
I had the same thing happened to me when I was back south
@@anthonyroberts357 kind of funny that when this happened even the Nazis were more 'human' than the americans. Jesse Owens had to enter the white house from the kitchen after winning in Berlin while in Nazi Germany there were no white/black toilets and he was helped by a german white athlete. Is there any other country more racist that the US ? I hope some day that country becomes a free country.
@@avlisodraude you’re absolutely right. Yes it is true that these things did happened to Black people during that time. And it’s very disgusting. But at NASA during that time they did not have those issues. When they were interviewing the actual woman’s character was based off of, she even said all of her colleagues were respectful to her, and she never had any bathroom issues.
When you Lead By Example it is usually helpful to know how each member of your team/squad is going to function. Cannot have any obstacles to have them follow your example. I have said before and will continue to say that it is the HEART that determines the worth of a man or woman not the color of their skin. It is a shame that our culture and our societies are so blind to TRUTH that they would rather ignore TRUTH and embrace the lies that they keep hearing.
back in 66 I made the mistake of drinking from a colored only fountain, buch of old white men started freaking out and were yelling at me, a very nice black man picked me up to get a drink which made them even angrier. my father stepped in and shut the white trash up and then he thanked the black man for helping me get a drink. being only 4 at the time I was completely lost at what I did wrong and this was southern Arkansas
Yo dad sounds like a great guy I thank him for that
The truth is, the only thing you did wrong was thinking you did something wrong.
We have come along way but, we need everyone to respect one another!
Yes, Steve, we can always continue to improve. Thank you for commenting.
en français
Respect must be earned.
@@TheShootist Wrong. Everyone deserves respect. Every single living creature.
Man Taraji be killing this thing called acting
Yes my grandmother told me that things for her as a black person was really was really really hard, but it still hard just not like in her time
Please. Today is heaven compared to what they went through back then
@@dylanpatel4938 not real, because my people are still getting shot and killed
@@danajefferson5793 By your own people, if the statistics are to believed. It's not whites killing blacks, it's blacks killing blacksm
@@dylanpatel4938 Back then? We're still getting screwed out of jobs and shot at by police.
In spanish we have a saying, " mano de hierro con guante de seda", Iron hand in silk gloves. The blow you receive is hard, but if you complain, then you're the problem. Sometimes that's worst, because you can hardly defend yourself.
Funny 1:07 you said we were in the throes of segregation , no we still are !!
Ms. Johnson had many reasons to quit and not even start a career in science. But she fights for what she loves and gives her best, much more than what the work conditions and salary provide. If she had given up, if she had not suffered all that, if she was not brave enough to pursue her dream and confront her boss, nothing would have changed at least not at her time. And it changed not only for her. I see purpose on pain, one that is not caused by us to ourselves or to others, but one that is conditioned to what we love and that provides us freedom. We can learn to transform our weaknesses into strengths, have a wider view and understanding of life and make a difference for us and others just by being persistent, brave and doing what we love.
Hollywood takes some editorial license with this movie. She actually went to work for the National Advisory Committee on Aeronautics in 1953. A decade of her work is compressed into 90 minutes of this movie.
I can totally relate to this and it is a very good lesson: empathy. Don’t ever stop tryin to understand.
Believe me…we in USA are still in the throes of segregation….
Ya ok
Cry baby
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I agree, sadly. Things are just more subtle, these days. It's totally wrong!
Same in the U.K., although I don’t think it’s been as bad as the USA. I’ve always found it weird that us humans use skin colour as a means of bullying. Politics and religion , class yes, because we can’t agree what’s right for one person isn’t right for everyone. But melatonin in the skin, it’s bizarre
I LOVE THIS SCENE. When I watched it I was feeling such strong emotions from her
Truth, truth. I only got really angry when I found that that never happened. You can find the director talking about that fake scene here in RUclips
No offense but that story about the bathroom was fiction. Katherine Johnson has said in interviews that she simply used whatever bathroom so wanted.
If you knew it was a story, why did you interject it and present an argument that segregation existence didn't exist. Shame on you for your callous cynicism.
I loved this movie.
Best acting iv ever seen love her
The oh shit moment on the mens faces when she shouts, they’re thinking Jesus we’ve done it now, we’ve really messed up
This didn't actually happen in real life. She instead had the courage to use the white bathrooms all along.
You don't know until they walk in their shoes and see what that felt like when there what's segregation until walk in their shoes and then only you'll understand how they felt
In our lessons, I always say, don't only walk a mile in their shoes, but in their MUDDY BOOTS - more on that here: www.linkedin.com/posts/benjamin01_leadership-empathy-hr-activity-7094669582375800832-K52d?
All are created equal. I am amazed at how many down thru history refused to believe that in spite of our constitution & the Bible.
The only time they give you respect is when your talent is undeniable and your character is impeccable!...But even then...smh!
Great scene, but in reality Kathryn never used a colored bathroom, she just went to the “white” one and no one ever tried to stop her from using it. This was just Hollywood fantasy to make the movie more dramatic.
Thank you for clarifying that that even though I had to Google it apparently they did have to remove a sign to the cafeteria in real life
I want to know why people believe every scene in every movie or tv show. Jeez. Fiction people. Maybe it’s based on real events but not everything is fact or it would be called a documentary
So what if she didn’t ACTUALLY use the ‘colored’ bathroom…she couldn’t use a ‘white’ bathroom anywhere else in Virginia OUTSIDE of NASA..& that’s the point the movie was trying to exemplify…JIM CROW RACISM was the ‘norm’ in so-called ‘AMERICA 🇺🇸 the beautiful’.…well not so beautiful for blacks who had to live in a society that degraded, dehumanize, & humiliated them everyday of their lives. This may not have been completely accurate to Katherine AT NASA, but it surely was accurate to Katherine OUTSIDE of NASA.
@@cherylj6499 Then they could have made an example of it outside of NASA. Just like they did with the white police officer who pulled them over.
The cafeteria would ruin her lunch break time for certain.
So.. what I'm taking from this scene is he didn't do it because it was the right thing to do, he did it only because it would be beneficial to the project and make things more efficient. Honestly it should have been done in the first place but because a need arose he decided to do it.
And that's how you couch change so that the most hard-headed can accept it.
According to the movie, he wasn't aware until she told him and then he did something about it.
This scene was brilliant and devastating at same time.
She killed there 🙌 👏 amazing
This is excellent!
Excellent maybe, but definitely true! Thanks for responding!
This is an actress. Bravo🙌🖐👍
Damn good movie great acting all around
You know when I hear her and I feel the pain that she feels the segregation I could feel the pain when she was telling me she'll walk a mile to go to the bathroom and oh my God that was totally with horrible now p this movie broke my heart and brought me to tears when she was mad and I was crying so hard I love this video and I love her so much that I hurry time I feel I feel the pain that she's going through and I can wonder how people retreat the black people so horribly I'm glad everything has changed thanks to her we all have different now
With all if this she was still expected to do her job with perfection and no errors.
"Pull yourself up by your bootstraps and get to it". Whatever 'it' was we didn't have boots to pull on. Heck most of those who needed to 'pull them up' didn't have shoes.
The best movie I have ever watched.There has not been a lot of movies that have truly captured the reality of not only being colored, but also a being woman during a time period of discrimintion . This is a truly wonderful movie. Hope you all watch it all the way through. EXcellent movie.
Loved this! Please keep them coming.
Excellent movie based on a series of excellent real people experiencing life at a low quality of life time in America. When humans (computers) became redundant to machines (computers). When ego and pride based politics achieved great things with the taken for granted inputs of these high achiever ladies. Hidden in plain sight they were. It would seem that period of social retarded thinking has regained strength lately in the USA Republican party but not all of them.
Straight point, something i hate is the blatant disregard repubulicans have for their own actions, and blaming it on the stupid side of the opposing party social demographic ( sjw) , even when the party and their actions differed.
Really the best scene. But it made me so angry to find out that it was not a real situation. A pity to focus on a fake scene as the best in the movie.
@@avlisodraude Although, a fake scene, change did occur because she eventually bucked the system and started using the "white only" bathroom. Each one of us has the tools to make change....we just need to be brave/uncompromising! This usually occurs when we've had enough of the nonsense.
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Thanks and welcome. Keep serving!
All l can say great movie
A mammy should know her place, below. Signed, Trump, Jeff Sessions, and Stephen Miller. "If you ain't.... you ain't.... Republican or Trumplicans.
This scene is priceless......
I expected the boss to be a hypocrite. He actually seems like a decent guy
Taraji P. Henson's CHARACTER Katherine Johnson EXPRESSES HER FRUSTRATIONS WITH HER CIRCUMSTANCES WITH GREAT DIGINITY AND TREMENDOUS POISE!!!
Brilliant movie. Good video.
Why do you feel you need to explain all this ? We've seen the movie , We know her Character , We know the History .
Are you trying to show everyone you can act as well ?
Good job you played the role of a schmuck you deserve an Oscar.................
What a great 👍 film there were times when I broke out crying in some of the scenes of the film brilliant
I love Taraji P Henson ❤ she’s a strong woman and an excellent actor
One of the best, most powerful piece of acting!!!👏
Wonderful 👏🏾
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Johnson was a brilliant and critically important NASA scientist, but I was told this restroom stuff was added in for dramatic effect.. Supposedly never happened. It was intended perhaps as a caricature of the many subtle examples of racial bias still happening back then.. I'm not diminishing Kathryn Johnson's story at all. I'm just lamenting what Hollywood does to sell movies.
It happened and it was Mary Jackson that delivered the speech that led to Al Harrison tearing down the signs. The producers of the movie just switched the speech around. Katherine just ignored the signs and used the white bathrooms. The other black women went through it until until Mary blew up!
When he brings her a coffee in the final scene….. :)))
It's so surreal and unimaginable that a whole country did this until relatively recently.
This was the best scene from the movie.
What made it more touching?
The nod to the other woman, when she brought up the bicycle rule.
Truth truth. I got so angry when I found out that the scene never happened in real life
@@avlisodraude Oh that scene happened hundreds of times. Maybe not in that exact way, but it happened.
@@climateanxiety2825 It never happened, check the director's interview. Unless you are saying the director is lying, in which case please provide proof of that!
@@avlisodraude I'm not saying the scene happened in the movie, or that that exact thing happened to those people, I'm saying it happened in real life all the time, and it did.
@@climateanxiety2825 No discussion about that. I was just talking about that scene. Unfortunately that mainly happens in those big dictatorships where everyone is brainwashed. into those biases (USA, Russia, China, etc)
We lost a great lady she got us until the to go to outer space as she was a best lady ever with great mind I know we lost her but she's in heaven now but she'll never be forgotten she is one of the first ladies to ever do this and very proud of her very much if it wasn't for her will be in the back in the ages that guy'll be had her life she's the best and I will always remember and be my mother always being number one as a beautiful black woman who work for NASA and went through All odds and made her life and change the world 🌎🌎🌎🌎 I love her very deeply to you as a good friend may God have you in heaven always God bless you my dear friend
Ms. Henson sure gave dignity to the lady she portrayed. That is powerful stuff. Do you remember the man accused of rape in To Kill A Mockingbird? Same dignity. I repent of when I made people feel small.
Thanks thank you very much you already solved abig problem of mine by writing English words down the video 🤗💚💚
I really appreciate your effort Go ahead 💪🏻👏🏻✌🏻
She’s very smart, but everybody knows who’s the mean people 😢😢.
we all pee the same color - hell yes - one love people
One of my favorite scenes from this GREAT movie!
I am about to complete my last day of work Monday at a company that doesn’t allow women to use the restroom at the time she has to go. Two restroom breaks a day isn’t enough especially during a woman’s menstruales cycle.
I sited this as a reason for leaving and not so much as an, “I understand,” “We’re sorry.” “We will work to do better.” Nothing just a condescending statement from an AVP, “I love my job. . .I don’t have to stay out in the heat or lift heavy boxes.” But this AVP gets to go to the restroom when she pleases but the reps can’t.
I thought about making an outburst like this but that wouldn’t be the “right way” to handle a corporate disagreement.
The corporate office sets the policies but AVPs and VPs can advocate for reps but choose not to. There is no empathy or effort in accommodating female workers.
I want to show this video to them so they can understand how it feels as a woman to be denied the ability to use the restroom when she needs to.
I want to say these words verbatim. It’s 2022 and I wish I can say women’s rights have changed and they have but equality for me is saying, women have biological differences that need to be acknowledged and accommodated for. Instead, those leaders look out for themselves and get angry when they battle turnover.
They are upset that I acknowledged my womanhood and have the courage to advocate for myself.
To this company, I say you have what you deserve. Workers who can’t pass a drug test, high turnover, stress.
To the company that has empathy, you will also reap what you have sewn. As you sew empathy you will reap a reward of loyalty and fair labor from your employees.
I would file a lawsuit.
Yeah you gotta do something
It's leadership like this that I can be thankful for such as Rosa Parks in the Bus Boycott and the audacity to stand up for the right cause in the right time of life trying encounters is why I want to say thank you for your leadership and affecting the course of history
I remember few years back, as a European traveling in midwest of US with my friends. One of them was black. We were waiting front of the store with this black friend and local who was passing by him said "die n......!" Stupid and ignorant people are dangerous. Luckily I got to know many other good US citizens.
So we're not going to talk about Sheldon in the background??😂😂
Empathy : Care n interest in people outside our friends or social standing is one of the most transformative and humanitarian of abilities. And a fantastic film clip from Hidden Figures to demonstrate exactly that. Thks. (Hv Sub’d).
Here at NASA, we all pee the same color.
Whoever thought up that line deserves an Oscar. Pure genius.
Legally your segregation is over....
BUT YOUR PEOPLE....YOUR FOLKS...YOUR POPULACE....
still has enough racism in them to leave your country
WAY BEHIND EUROPE
when it comes to tolerance...fairness...open-minded behavior about races, creed, religions, ethnic origin etc. !
Really, because the last time I checked places in Europe, France for instance doesn't show much tolerance, or acceptance for Muslims living there do they. The US hasn't banned Muslim women from wearing their Hijab, but France has for certain ages. France has also banned Muslim women who wear the Hijab from picking up their own children from school while wearing it. Europe is no different than any other place on this earth.
As a young white kid during this time (6 yo) I was unaware of any race issues depicted in this movie. This movie and many others throughout the years has allowed me to take on MLK as one of my heroes along with Katherine Gobbles, Denzel W. my friend JJ and quite a few others not white. “Character of their heart”. We’ve come a long way in my lifetime, I hope we continue. “American”, is not a race, it’s a state of mind.
message taken!!
The first time I saw that movie I was really touched by the segregation problem in the United States. The Afro-American people were going through a painful experience.
That is were the leader becomes important.
I don't understand racism. I've never understood it. Why discriminate against someone, purely because of the color of their skin. It's weird
Here at N.A.S.A. we all pee the same color. Amen. Also, my wife has a favorite phrase..."Turn It Around", meaning look at things from the other person's prospective. A very wise and useful concept.
Honestly the cast and crew were perfectly selected and they performed incredibly well. None of us heard about these stories until now. I wonder why Cathrine never won an Oscar.😢
I was 8 years old when the schools in Texas integrated, around 1965. I was oblivious to segregation. I made some black friends while running track in a summer program. One day, while at the movie theater with my dad, I saw two of my black friends in the lobby and asked them if they wanted to come sit with us. They politely declined. About 10 years later I found out that blacks had to sit up in the balcony at the theater. Around 1971, my freshman year, I saw the golf coach tell a Hispanic student that he couldn't be on the school's golf team because Hispanics weren't allowed to play golf at the local Country Club. We came a long way in the 50 years since, only to see racism rear its ugly head again, this time against white people. They call it critical race theory. Fortunately, most of us are not stupid enough to go down that road again.
A lot of ways in today's culture we're Still.
Ask Mr. Trump, he wants to go back. To the?
Good old days
This is B.S. Several former NASA people who worked during that time said there was no such prejudice. This movie didn't follow the book upon which it was written.
Sorry but Catherine Johnson said she didn’t realize the bathrooms were already desegregated in 1958. Prior to her working there.
This scene is pure Hollywood fiction and never happened. In interviews Katherine Johnson said that she was treated well at NASA. Only one time did anyone ever say anything about her being ‘black’ and she just ignored the comment. She never had to cross the campus to use the ‘colored’ toilets and didn’t drink out of a separate coffee pot. Racism is real and not bound by a particular skin color. But to exaggerate such a situation for the sake of drama is shameful and only serves to stoke the flames of bias. The bit with John Glenn wanting her to check his re-entry trajectory is true. If you do the research you’ll find Kathrine Johnson calculated the trajectories for Mercury, Gemini, the Apollo Moon and Space Shuttle missions. Irrespective of her gender or ethnic background she had a truly brilliant mind and was a National Treasure...
Dorthy Vaughan BTW became a supervisor in 1958 many years before the movie claimed...
Growing up in the 50's my two sisters and I were half Filipino and half Caucasian. I remember we were like 5, 6 and 7 years old. We lived in California, which was one of the most progressive states compared to others. We had long beautiful black hair and our mother wanted us to get perms so that our hair had more body and waves. She left us at the beauty shoppe and came back for us 3 hours later - we had all been given afro perms and our hair was cut very short. My mother was furious. She was a 5'0" little blond, blue eyed Texan and I never saw her so mad she was livid - if looks could kill those beauticians would have been dead. That is what I grew up with and I was not black.
You know I was in a small town in Michigan in the sixties. I was in the tenth grade when two black girls came to our school. Nobody thought anything about it. I didn’t know anything about racism. We were just girls.
This part of her life never
happened at NASA..They added the bathroom scene for dramatics..They continued to have colored and white bathrooms..She complained about this in every interview..
This NEVER happened! Katherine herself said it sort of happened one time to her friend Mary, who got lost in her new building and had go across the street to use the restroom, she found it the next day and they all had a good laugh about it
NASA did not enforce the state segregation laws. They were posted as the law required, but where pretty much ignored by most of NASA. In the book "Hidden Figures" Kathrine said she was never poorly treated, that her co-workers viewed her as just another member of the team..the coffee pot incident also, never happen. They both where put in for dramatic effect.
This is my favorite scene in this movie 🎥 fn brilliantly played by her! This is all and all a Fantastic Movie 🍿 trying to survive overwhelming ignorance and we it’s seems we still have a ways to go
I drank at a water fountain outside of a service station. My father hustled me quickly away and rapidly drove our family away. I had committed as a five yo the sin of a white boy drinking at a black drinking fountain.
We think things are a lot better today. Let me tell you an experience that I have had The misfortune of going through. I have a disability employer hired me as part of their contract because I worked at the job for many years without any issues. One month into being hired they're trying to build up a paper trail to fire me for my disability. I have to get an attorney and slap the company within an attorney. Then it goes personal. I just found out several years later that the company was literally coming after me personally trying to ruin my life trying to get me fired at another job I was working at. I have not had a single write-up. I haven't had any issues. I haven't had any problems. I show up. I have the best attendance. The client even likes me so I'll. This isn't close to what she was going through. We still have similar issues going on in the world today. Just masked in a different light The one similarity that she had that I have little recourse. Not much can be done to stop. What's going on? Segregation was a horrible thing. Absolutely horrible and I hope we never repeat that
I couldn't imagine living in that time under those circumstances, good or bad. There's a lot of things that was very good about that time. There's a lot of things that were equally as bad