The Importance Of Power In The Film Hidden Figures

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“Culture does not make people. People make culture. If it is true that the full humanity of women is not our culture, then we can and must make it our culture.” (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie). This quote is said by Chimamanda Adichie and it deals with how we have the power to change culture into a more just society for women. Power is a very important aspect in a society and it determines who is going to be more superior. Power produces domination and therefore it creates and destroys. In the movie Hidden Figures, it deals with how cultural ideologies of male dominance are practiced in a society that leads to discrimination and women injustice. Black women in the movie are shown as minorities that are not privileged or treated equal to men. It usually practiced in many areas like women’s environment, law, and physical appearance. In the movie, we see the environment deals with workplace verse household. The environment brings …show more content…

Culture teaches women they don’t belong in an environment that is completely dominated by men, in a mathematics and engineers field. The workplace gives these women a sense of power because they are earning money and they don’t have to depend on men. In the book-----, it mentions that usually the person in the household that brings money to the house is usually the one in power in t because they are finically providing money in the house. In the workplace, they also faced unfairly treatment because of the obstacles for example with the bathroom when Katherine Goble didn’t have easy access and she had to spend half an hour walking across each time she needed to use the bathroom. There is lack of easy access to necessities in the workplace. Another example is when Katherine was given the dirty coffee mug and no one would share it with her because of her race this shows how

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