I watched an old movie "Hidden Figures" recommended by Tencent platform over the weekend, and it seemed to have some inspiration for my inner thinking. The story takes place during the US-Soviet manned air race in the 1960s. Three good friends, Katherine, Dorothy and Mary, all served in NASA's Eastern Data Computing Group. Before IBM's mainframe commercial computer was put into use, they were a group of "computation". Tool Man". Even so, compared with other black women living at the bottom of society, they can be said to be the white-collar class at the top of the pyramid, with super-intellectual quotients, highly educated, stylishly dressed, confident and beautiful, and have a harmonious family. In this film, you don't see the tearful female victims, on the contrary, all "affirmative action" is gentle and powerful. The "hook" that the screenwriter sets for the audience is to see how these three women think of ways to tear down one "wall" against people of color and women, in the system, in their minds, and even themselves. The first wall: The black toilet Katherine was assigned to the space project team, responsible for checking orbital calculation data. As soon as she entered the War Room, a trash can was stuffed into her arms. The room was filled with white male colleagues, and the only white female colleague was the administrative secretary. In the power structure of the project team, the top is AI Harrison, the chief scientist, followed by chief scientist Paul Stanford (played by the fat "Sheldon", who will be called Sheldon below). Because she couldn't use the white toilet in the building, Katherine wore high heels every day, carrying a pile of documents, and ran all over the world to find a toilet for black people. The leaders often saw that she was not in her seat, and misunderstood her work attitude. Sheldon and his white colleagues were so upset about having a black woman proofread their data, they even mind that Katherine used the same coffee maker as they did. Finally, after coming back from the toilet in the pouring rain and being blamed by Al in public, Katherine finally broke out. She told everyone that she had to run half a mile every day to go to the toilet. The work was tiring like a dog, and the salary was meager. Colleagues were even reluctant to let her touch the communal coffee pot. After learning about the situation, Al called everyone to the outside of the black women's toilet, smashed the hammer, and smashed the sign that said it was only for black people. He told everyone at the scene, "In NASA, we pee. urine is all one color"Here in Nasa, we all pee in the same color. The Second Wall: Blocking Information Our Sheldon is a less-than-likable workplace villain in this film. His disrespect to Katherine was obvious at the beginning. Every time, he threw the documents that needed to be checked in front of her, and blacked out the data to prevent her from seeing the whole data. The orbital calculation prediction report was written by Katherine. Katherine always insisted on putting her name behind Sheldon when she typed the report, but out of selfishness, Sheldon would tear off the cover every time, telling her that as a Calculation tool person, she is not worthy. Later, when Katherine's ability was affirmed by Al, his disrespect became overcast. During the critical period of the landing orbit calculation, due to the fast update of data variables, he deliberately blocked Katherine from entering the briefing because there was never a woman. You can go in for a meeting. Al again showed unquestioning leadership, allowing Katherine to enter the briefing, whose on-the-spot computing power shocked the audience, even astronaut John Glenn with an IQ of 130. Sheldon's face showed obvious jealousy and panic. Al knew everything, and when Sheldon's personal interests affected the overall situation, he clicked on Sheldon at the right time, "Do you know what your responsibilities are? Find the genius among geniuses, lead everyone forward, and solve the problem. Problem, only then can we get to the top of the mountain together, otherwise we won't be able to get there." As a leader, it is not the most capable, but the ability to put the most suitable people in the right position. Al is probably the good leader that all migrant workers dream of meeting. He has no walls in his own mind, and he can use "one-finger supernatural powers" to demolish other people's heart walls. From there, there was no information shielding, Sheldon corrected his mentality, and our Katherine had been outstanding in the professional field, proposing the use of Euler's formula to calculate the problem of the space capsule turning from an elliptical orbit around the earth to a parabolic orbit. In John- When Glenn's Friendship 7 spacecraft encountered a data bias before takeoff, its landing coordinates were calculated by several decimal places more than IBM's. Even though she was unemployed for a time because the IBM calculator was put into use, her creative thinking and understanding of algorithmic formulas allowed her to continue to work on subsequent aerospace projects. As good leader Al said, you don't just look at the data, but look beyond the surface and find the path to the heart of the problem. This is irreplaceable by machines. The third wall: self-imposed limitations Mary is a natural engineer, but because she knows that she is black, she must abide by her duties, and don't delusionally pursue the impossible, so she has always been in the computing group. Fortunately, she met a Bole, in the giant wind tunnel laboratory, the old engineer told her that he was a Polish Jew, his parents died in the Nazi concentration camp, and now he is standing Underneath the engine of a huge manned aircraft to send humans into space. Don't set limits for yourself, dare to challenge your own inherent cognition. In order to become a NASA engineer, she had to earn a Virginia high school diploma, and it was "impossible" for black people to get into a white school. The highlight moment of the whole play has come. She doesn't cry, doesn't make trouble, or sells miserably. She walks to the judge calmly and calmly. Using the following textbook-level psychological persuasion technique, she successfully made the impossible become a reality and made the judge point it. Head let her go to night school. "Your Honor, you should be the one who understands the meaning of "first" best. You are the first person in your family to serve in the military, the first person to go to college, and the first person to be appointed by three consecutive governors. Judge. I want to say that it is unheard of in Virginia that there is not a single black woman going to an all-white high school. Before Alan Shepard was on a rocket, no American was in space, and now he will be Always remember that as the US Navy in New Hampshire, he was the first to see the stars. Sir, I plan to be an engineer for NASA, but I have to go to that all-white high school. I can't change my skin , so I had no choice but to be the first to do so. I cannot do without your help, sir. Your Honor, among all the cases you are trying today, which one will have a century-old impact? Which case will make you the first person? This paragraph is so wonderful that it is worth watching again. The fourth wall: the institutional wall Dorothy actually took on the responsibility of managing the entire black female computing group, but has been unable to get the corresponding supervisory position and treatment. Whites on the West Side Michelle, the director of the computing group, is a completely scripted person. Even if Dorothy repeatedly argues for herself, she will use the management system to prevaricate. Dorothy's strongest leadership is her keenness to see IBM's large calculator coming soon. Replacing herself and all the "tool people" in crisis, she also saw the human resource gap in computational programming technology. She not only taught herself the language of formula translation in time, but also provided small training for the entire group of operators, leading the way before collective unemployment. The entire team successfully transformed, breaking through its own ascent barriers with new technical capabilities, eventually securing a position as director of IBM's programming group, and even getting Michelle from the West Side to beg her to train white West Side operators who were about to lose their jobs. Katherine and her friends are also constantly tearing down the walls of the people around them. Facing the pursuit of the tall and mighty colonel, Katherine did not become humble, and when the other party questioned that women can do such complicated work, she did not hesitate to reply A lot of high-level mathematical words, turned away. She pursued the love of equality and respect, and finally became a family member who has been with the corrected colonel for more than 50 years. After watching it, I will feel that the film The world and the workplace are too beautiful. The people the three of them meet are scientists and astronauts at the top of the pyramid. There are no wicked people. The only "enemy" is invisible to people of color. Discrimination against women, but in the end these were reconciled. Sheldon took the co-signed report from Katherine by the end of the film and handed her a cup of hot tea. e and friends are also constantly tearing down the walls of people around them. Facing the pursuit of the tall and mighty Colonel, Katherine did not become humble. When the other party questioned that a woman could do such a complicated job, she did not hesitate to reply a lot of advanced mathematical words and turned away. What she pursues is the love of equality and respect, and finally she and the corrected colonel have become lovers who have been together for more than 50 years. After watching it, it will make me feel that the world and workplace in the film are too beautiful. The people the three of them met were all scientists and astronauts at the top of the pyramid. There were no wicked people. The only "enemy" was the invisible discrimination against people of color and women, but in the end these were all Reconciled. At the end of the film, Sheldon took the co-signed report from Katherine and handed her a cup of hot tea. e and friends are also constantly tearing down the walls of people around them. Facing the pursuit of the tall and mighty Colonel, Katherine did not become humble. When the other party questioned that a woman could do such a complicated job, she did not hesitate to reply a lot of advanced mathematical words and turned away. What she pursues is the love of equality and respect, and finally she and the corrected colonel have become lovers who have been together for more than 50 years. After watching it, it will make me feel that the world and workplace in the film are too beautiful. The people the three of them met were all scientists and astronauts at the top of the pyramid. There were no wicked people. The only "enemy" was the invisible discrimination against people of color and women, but in the end these were all Reconciled. At the end of the film, Sheldon took the co-signed report from Katherine and handed her a cup of hot tea.
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