Discrimination In Mary Jackson's Hidden Figures

What would you do if you were treated differently based off something you have no control over? In the 1960’s, if you were a african american you were treated as if you were lower than everyone else, but if you were a black woman, life became pretty difficult. In Hidden Figures, we follow three black women who worked for NASA. We watch them get discriminated based on the color of their skin. However, these women didn’t tolerate the discrimination. They fought back with a zealous passion and even at times zealous anger. They stuck together with a strong bond and accomplished the goal that was set before them. You can stand up for what you believe without making a huge scene or riot. You can do it with class and respect. Firstly, one of the

First off every time she got close to being able to become an engineer something would always happens that would prevent her from becoming one. The requirements changed and then she had to take classes in order to fit those requirements. The problem was that the classes were taken at a all white school and Mary being african american, she could not attend. However, this did not stop Mary, she did her research on the judge and went to court. She made the judge almost speechless when she began talking about him and how he is the first to do something. Mary made a point that she wanted to be the first to go to this school as a black woman and she wanted to be the first woman to be an engineer. The judge finally allowed her to go the evening classes at the school and Mary successfully became an

Everyday Katherine had to walk almost a mile to go to the bathroom, on this particular day it was raining and kathrine was just fed up with having to go so far to use the restroom. When mr. Harrison yelled at her asking where she goes everyday, Katherine firmly replied that there was no bathroom for her in the building where she worked. She went on to exclaimed her frustration about working like a dog and not getting paid enough to even afford a strand of pearls. Mr. Harrison was unaware of this situation but he took charge and took a crowbar to the color ladies bathroom sign. “ Here at NASA we all pee the same color” declared Mr. Harrison after successfully tearing down the sign. After that day things began to turn up for Katherine. The color coffee pot sticker was taken off and the me started to treat her the way she should