Social Justice: Hidden Figures

I noticed how women are still treated/looked at as objects. I think it's really annoying how women couldn't speak or even have a say in anything and if they tried to talk they were ignored. “But they had often wound up sitting silent in political meetings or trying to speak and being ignored” (Collins 183). Women are just as helpful as men, if not more helpful and have similar ideas to men so why be rude to them. I think women should be hear and treated equally. This whole situation reminds me of the movie we are currently watching

In America today, Social Justice involves claims for government provisions through a revised fairness doctrine. Delivered from the days, where obtaining value required human knowledge and effort. Now, social progressives use regulatory force to acquire one 's desires. Subsequently, the notion to produce desirable goods by rational thought and action, production and voluntary exchange, gives way to forcibly demanding goods from those who can supply them. In his first term, President Obama struggled with high unemployment, a forced and failing health care program, an auto bailout, and an almost one trillion dollar economic stimulus package, that was not quite shovel ready. Then, in the voice of Machiavelli , Obama spoke of the importance of fairness and fighting for the middle class stating, “The system was rigged against them and too many of the fiscal benefits were going to those at the very top.” While channeling Cicero and Grotius that the law of nature, which is binding upon all humans, amounts to nothing more than the voice of subjective reason. Obama aims directly against the philosophy of the Declaration that states, a Creator endows humankind with independence, to succeed or fail based upon human knowledge and effort. According to Sir William Blackstone, the man who greatly influenced the Founding Fathers ' view of property rights, government fairness is a legal responsibility not a redistributed one. For Blackstone, property is an absolute right consigned in the

The film Hidden Figures is based on a true story and adapted from the book ‘Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Women Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Space Race’ by Margot Lee Shetterly. The movie is centered around a trio of African-American women who worked for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and played an essential role in sending John Glenn to space amidst a burgeoning Space Race between the United States of America and Russia. Based in Hampton, Virginia in the 1960’s, film depicts the deep racism and sexism prevalent in the United States at that time. The film provides a glimpse of the stark realities that black women faced at the time. From the segregated bathrooms and

Hidden Figures was set in Hampton, Virginia in 1961. Each woman was a genius from birth and their abilities were taken for granted in a white, male dominant work place. Their intelligence was a huge part of the success in the launch of the first American into space. One prominent hardship in Hidden Figures was sexism. Women had to work in male dominated places and that sometimes proved to be a hostile environment. For women of color in the Jim Crow era, it was double jeopardy dealing with gender and race in the work place. (Odonkor) Sexism was demonstrated many times throughout the movie by a denial of opportunities. For example, Katherine struggled to

Adapted from the book by Margot Lee Shetterly and directed by Theodore Melfi, Hidden Figures is a film based on the true stories of three black women (Dorothy Vaughan, Mary Jackson, & Katherine Johnson) working for NASA in 1960’s. Dorothy Vaughan, played by Octavia Spencer in the film, was a programmer and Mary Jackson, played by Janelle Monae in the film, was an engineer. Dorothy passed away in 2008 and Mary in 2005. Katherine Johnson, a mathematician played by Taraji P. Henson, is now 98 years old and still resides with her husband Corporal Jim Johnson in Hampton, Virginia where the film is set. These women collectively played a pivotal role in sending the first American into space and eventually to the moon. A critical analysis of the film reveals the history and dynamics of racial domination institutionally and interpersonally as well as prejudices and challenges faced by women in particular.

Injustice is not fair. Injustice is bullying someone who is weaker than you without a reason. It is an unjust act or occurrence. It's not letting immigrants and people who need a fresh start to come to our country America, just because they're from another country and there not like us. Injustice is labeling someone a terrorist because of indifferent views and religion. The only thing to do when someone is aware of injustice happening is to speak out against it, and stop it from growing into larger and ongoing issue. If no one speaks out against it, this issue will simply grow and make the world an ugly place.

I'm a free-thinker I feel if everyone does not have the same rights as others it's an injustice, an insult. I'm part Native American with an immigrant past as many others do in America. Most people here in America share similar stories about our pasts and where we come from. It would be hypocritical for anyone in America not to feel we all should have the same social justice since America was founded by men for all men and women to be equal. Therefore, if we don't get social justice here then there is something wrong, we need to change it. I'm absolutely an advocate for any change that makes all people equal no matter what color your skin or where we come from. Nevertheless, we all share the same American story, recently in my second year I've

Hidden Figures is a 2016 film that recounts the story of three incredible black women in NASA history: Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan and Mary Jackson. The film largely sheds light on the experiences of these three women working as computers for NASA during 1960s segregated America. Public restrooms are separated between the whites and coloreds, the white male patriarchy dominates the field, and as always, racism is alive and well. During the film, the political unrest of the country is present and very much of conversation, and as these three women navigate their way throughout society with positions no one expects them to hold, they quite literally make history through their groundbreaking work, history

Though the concept of social injustice is universal in nature, the experience varies with each person. Factors like a person’ race, or gender can further influence the severity of the injustice; victims caught in the overlap between discriminations often go unrecognized by the law and society. Many people recognize the names Michael Brown, Eric Garner, and Tamir Rice as African Americans who were murdered by local police. But names like Michelle Cusseaux, Tanish Anderson, and Meagan Hockaday often receive less feedback even though they are also murdered African Americans. The only distinction between the sets of names is gender. Even within racial injustice, discrimination is present between genders as some cases get national

The 2016 historical film, Hidden Figures directed by Theodore Melfi which explores the themes of racism and sexism in America during the 1960’s. Melfi uses visual and verbal features of dialogue, costume and symbolism to display that sexism and racism is hard to abolish. The messages that Melfi conveys to the audience is that unequal pay and expected sexist uniforms are still present, but if we do something about it, it can be removed.

The notion of justice is existence of proper balance of rights and its access under the laws of land. It refers to not depriving any person from availing privileges, opportunities etc. John Rawls writes, "Each person possesses an inviolability founded on justice that even the welfare of society as a whole cannot override"It means that the interaction in a society must be free from any sort of discrimination such as religion, race, color, caste or sex. It ensures fair distribution of assets and equal opportunity. José P. Laurel defines Social Justice as “Social justice is neither communism, nor despotism, nor atomism, nor anarchy, but the humanization of laws and the equalization of social and economic forces by the state so that justice in its rational and objectively secular conception may at least be approximated.”

Hidden Figures, an extraordinary film that shines light on women existence and their intelligence. The women, Katherine Johnson, Mary Jackson, Dorothy Vaughan used the power of their intelligence to decipher complex math calculations, computer language to build rockets that other could not see. Throughout the movie racial descrepancies were vividly clear, but these eager women had something to stand for. They dared not let the words of bitterness deter them of their worth.

Chapter 8 reminds us of the four essential components of social justice and advocacy that we must implement within our classroom environment to achieve successful outcomes for all students. First is being able to continue challenging misconceptions, untruths, and stereotypes. Second, is providing all students with the necessary material and emotional resources to learn effectively. The third is having the ability to draw on students’ talents and strengths to enhance their education through real world experiences. Lastly, is being able to create a learning environment that promotes rigor, critical thinking, and supports agency for social change.

Social sciences and social justice are both based on the structure of rights. Our rights were designed to create equality for all. However, there are always outliers in our justice system and these outliers can be seen by all. My background and demographic are aggressively average growing up in a small, rural community with little diversity which has affected my views about justice. The class Social Problems and Social Injustice has aggressively opened my eyes to new statistics about society and has made some of my intuitions validated and destroyed some of my prior views. My new understanding of social justice is that is was created for all by excluding some. Justice is the structure of our institutions and society.

Inequalities and social justice issues abound in life. Some people are rich, some poor. Some are musically gifted, others are tone deaf. Some people with different skin colour. Some have photographic memories; others must work very hard to remember even a small portion of what they read. Some are held hostage by terrorists, others move about freely. Some people are physically attractive to many others, some are not. Some people come from homes in which they have every advantage, while others come from homes characterised by neglect and abuse. Some children are born into families of affluence in wealthy countries like the United States, while other children are born into conditions of starvation in many developing countries and often do not survive to reach adulthood. Some people are genetically predisposed towards good health, while others suffer early attacks of cancer and other disorders despite living cautious lives.