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Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly HFYR, How do different non-fiction…

- - - - This matters because it brung up the colored workers reputation. Since these women made each other act, look, and work better more people in higher positions of power were willing to give them a chance, leading to breaking more barriers for the African American community as a whole. As those barriers broke that meant more women and African Americans in the field, filling the workforce more and having to be given better jobs and more respect. All being a form of action that these women brought onto the Langley company.
    - - This novel being non-fiction helps prove that when reading non-fiction it can spark change and action because it shows the sense of community that the West Computers had created to prove to the co-workers of Langley that they are worth their positions and work to show everybody else that. Showing to readers what can happen if they do come together and encourages them to do the same.
    - - The example of the women in the office stood out to me because of the sense of community they all had for each other. They were all bheaving like they were family, making sure they were clean and dressed well, perfected each others work, and showed up on time. All positive things that all of these women were working towards a greater cause that would benefit everybody that was African American in the long run. So not only was it a positive change for the workplace but to everybody who was colored. Dorothy and the other computers refused to be looked down upon because they were black and so they did the best they good to show off their amazing attributes and how hard they worked.
    - - The conclusions that someone could be brought to from the evidence was that a sense of community was giant for the progression of these women in their field. The West Computers made an example that all colored women and men could build from and expand on to help against racism. All of whom brought change to Langley and sparked action across the country.
  - - - This matters because after all the African American community had been through there was no stopping what high ranking officials could or couldn't do. The Supreme Court decided to integrate and these people would rather lock down schools, halting education, not even thinking twice about the affects those actions could do to the neighborhoods or even the world by stopping kids getting their education and it taking them longer to join the workforce and maybe contibute to society in changing ways.
    - - This novel being non-fiction can inspire change because it tells about how tens of thousands of young students just sat at home waiting for change from higher positions. Giving the reader a sense of anger that something needs to be done.
    - - This passage about the governor shutting down schools really stood out because it put in clear cut terms how rampant racism was. Even though the highest ruling court decided to integrate schools, officials still didn’t want to, going as far to shut down schools for months for tens of thousands of children all because of their skin color. Locking down schools because of racism showed that in every single corner of African Americans lives there was never a break and they sort of just ahd to deal with it. Mary even just sending her kids back to the segregated school because it was better than her kids simply not having an education than to make a stand.
    - - The conclusions someone would be able to draw from the evidence and analyzing it was that people were so against black individuals attending white schools that they will go above and beyond to not allow it. Even with people trying to integrate schools and stop segregation there will always be people that don't want positive change for their own selfish views.
  - - - This book being non-fiction helps spark action because it shows what speaking out about your beliefs can bring to the world. Giving people opportunities to show the world what you believe in can change it, like how the African American community did that with the Double VV, giving them something to attach to and put faith in that they can work together to accomplish.
    - - The conclusion someone could come to after seeing this information was that through the spread of ideas racism was fought faster and more effectively. James Thompson changed how people looked at the war and the world at the time by giving them an idea to latch onto and work to come true, because of the spread of his ideas the world became more accepting.
    - - This matters because the black community, despite the continuous racism, was able to find hope and bring people together to help with the war effort and try to bring a victory home by pushing for the end of segregation. With the Double VV people were able to bring themselves to action and change the world to work for more inclusion in everyday life.
    - - The passage about the “double VV” stood out to me so much because it represented the behavior of the African American community during WWII, the war was raging and the segregation and racism were at a massive high which should have been a morale hit to everybody but instead they decided to go about it in a different way. Bringing hope and ambition to everybody in that they could win the war and have a victory across the world, but also have a victory at home for black people's civil rights. A massive wave of hope could be spread but by thinking positively and wanting that win enough to go fight for it, the double VV being a call to action for everybody to fight against prejudices within the country and stand for equality for everybody.
- - - - This matters because through the perspective of black little boys and girls they were always pushed away from activities and games by other children and even grown adults to the point where they expect that they aren't allowed to participate. Even if it didn't say they couldn't they stopped themselves from going, giving a good look onto the interworkings of these kids minds and what racism did to their perseption of the world.
    - - This novel being non-fiction helps the reader understand selective storytelling from a different perspective. Usually its told from the oppressors stance but now its told from the oppressed perspective, giving a new insight into what life was like and showing the reader what happened and make them think about what they can do to make sure that doesn't happen again.
    - - This passage is significant because it shows that the majority of the African American community often discluded themselves, after so many years of being pushed away from activities and competitions they were always under the assumption they they weren't allowed to participate anyway. It also tells the reader that it took a very specific and brave type of person to take on the challenges regardless of the expectations put on them.
    - - The conclusions someone could be able to draw from the evidence was that even though often people of color tried to keep spirits up and believe that if they broke enough barriers they could do great things, the big thing stopping most people were their mindsets. Assuming things weren't for them or that they weren't included in those things prevented them from accomplishing massive wins for themselves and their families.
  - - - This matters because it shows what work life was like as a woman, especially a black woman, and what what meant for her. That meant that racist men decided whether she got a promotion, or raise, or if Mary got to be in a very important meeting that she very much deserved to be in. From her perspective we can see how that even though there was a giant wall stopping her from doing incredible things she still worked so hard to open it for herself and the others following in her footsteps.
    - - This novel being non-fiction helps the reader understand selective storytelling through a different perspective besides the oppressors. It highlights the experiences of an individual who fought through racism and talked about what she had to live through, showing the reader what was wrong with society at a time and letting them reflect on what they can do to change that.
    - - This passage stood out to me because it showed the power-scale in Langley and how it worked. Even though they did hire black women and women in general they still had no power. Men held every role making decisions to disclude women from things like attending meetings and they rarely would give them promotions or raises. Even being discriminated against by their colleagues because they would have the same jobs and work as men but would be referred to as “lower” and “not qualified” for their jobs that they had worked so hard for.
    - - The conclusions someone could draw from this evidence was that to make it in the work force as a black individual you had to have commitment, many people would try to stop these men and women from growing and being more then they thought they could but that made it so they had to work twice as hard for less but eventually being able to get their accomplishments.
- - - - This matters because it shows the students commitment to what they believe in, sparking others to do the same around the towns, state, and country to do similar things so that they can see change as a whole. Once they are given the basic right of being served then it crumbles the barriers blocking off bigger and better things for everybody.
    - - This novel being non-fiction helps show that the author using the technique imagery helps convey facial information in a compelling way because it lets the reader paint a picture in their head of what the African American community went through and how they tried to stop it. When the reader is able to visualize what these peoples lives were like it makes them think about how they want society to be and how they can get to that point.
    - - The significance of the passage is that it shows what the protests were like. Clerks and workers getting all up in arms about these African American students asking to buy things like drinks or a burger. When denied the students just sat and continued their work, proving their resiliance to the world.
    - - With this evidence someone could come to the conclusion to see that the students came together as a community to work together to solve a long standing and wide spread issue. Proving to the reader that goals can be accomplished if everyone works together.
  - - - This matters because it shows that no matter what these women accomplish and add to the scientific community they will never been seen as an equal. Not by the white men nor the white women. The black women of Langley are always discriminated against even when she just needs to find the bathroom.
    - - This novel being non-fiction helps show that the author using the technique tone helps convey facial information in a compelling way because when you see the italics you can feel how these people were talking and how they talked down to the African American members of Langley. The reader is then given an opportunity to reflect on their language and how they talk to show a world they want to live in.
    - - The significance of this passage is that while Dorothy was just trying to find a bathroom that she would be allowed to use, people look at her struggle as something to be laughed at in pity. The other co-workers in her environment are disrespectful to her and by extension all of the West Computers, even though she had proven that she deserves to be there they disrespect her because of her race.
    - - A conclusion that someone might come to is that the other workers inside of Langley were a new form of cruel to their colored co-workers. In small ways they would show them that they are and they plan to make them stay below them, making it nearly impossible for them to grow.
- - - - It matters because it shows that it didn't matter how tanlented or how smart or clever you were, your worth wasn't measured by how useful you were or how much you contributed, the black community was always summed down to their skin tone. Only until years later could these geniuses claim their work and what they were able to give to the scientific community that discriminated them for so long. Showing what Byrdsong's experience and many others not only at Langley's on how discrimination was present in small and massive ways.
    - - This novel being non-fiction helps show that the reader empathy for the people shown in the book because the reader can't help but feel bad for Thomas because his hard work was destroyed. Simply because of the color of his skin the first chance he had to prove himself in his new position he was sabotaged.
    - - Thomas Byrdsong’s experiment being sabotaged stood out to me because it showed that no matter how talented or high of a position they have, racism is so prevalent in the throughout the mid 1900s that even though Thomas was a promising engineer his project was still ruined because of his skin color.
    - - The conclusions someone could come to after this passage was that the perpetual racism at the time was so prominate it deeply changed how the people in the black community thought. Automatically assuming nobody would help them or take their side, and often being right.
  - - - That matters because it shows awareness of these young kids. Mary and Emma Jean were examples at what could be a regular future for everyone. Before it was unthinkable that a black woman could get a job, even less that she could grow the way she did and be respected the way she was. Changing these kids because her and Emma were presenting together, they showed these children that they could be team members and partners in their careers. Letting young minds let out what had been told to them their whole lives and open their dreams.
    - - This novel being non-fiction helps show that the reader empathy for the people shown in the book because it seems good on the first read through of the passage but reading it twice makes the reader empathize with the students because you notice that this is the first time that theye
    - - This passage is significant because it showed young girls of all skin tones that despite everything that they go through they can still work alongside others they weren't before and work up the ranks and get a very good job and be respected. Along with that it showed them that they could be welcomed into those spaces by people that would have normally seperated them, sparking young minds to do more then they ever were told they could.
    - - The conclusions someone could draw from the evidence was that the kids needed to be shown what they could do to combat what they were told they couldn't, because of Mary and Emma they were able to give an example of what life could be like if their tried their hardest. The need to fight racism with positivity and showing them wrong is what the people needed to see.
  - - - This novel being non-fiction helps show that the reader empathy for the people shown in the book because they are shown through Mary's perspective how everybody's quality of life is ruined through racism and segregation.
    - - The conclusion someone could come to after seeing this information was that nobody denefits from racism. Regular people, no matter the race, were negatively impacted by segregation and the high ranking officials were the only ones that could gain anything, but at the bottom in the schools and through the towns everybody was suffering because of racism. Only making it more important that people fought against it.
    - - This passage stood out to me because it pointed out Mary’s initial emotions after being admitted into an all white school and realized how bad their school was too. How many resources were being wasted by splitting the black students and white students making the state spend more money on seperate schools that were both poorly made, versus one school holding all students thats good quality. Showing the reader a new perspective of “why are we separated?” That Mary felt first hand.
    - - This matters because it gives insight intro what Mary was feeling after seeing that the white kids weren't living in any better conditions to the black kids. Everyone was suffering for no reason except to keep people apart. Other black children that were welcomed into white schools saw the same thing, bringing them to want change for everybody because nobody deserves to live in those conditions for the sake of keeping communities separated.