Hidden Figures, Black Nerds & the Power of Community: Why These Stories Still Matter w Gin Hammond

Hidden Figures, Black Nerds & the Power of Community: Why These Stories Still MatterIt's been a while since I looked at the individual stories of the principal characters and the real people, who they were, but I love that Hidden Figures has brought attention to them and continues to, right? I still see things pop up and one of the things that I love about it the most is that it's one of these stories where you see people, these black women, who are clearly underappreciated, soaring despite everything and having to work twice as hard and it's not just themselves but it can be their community as well and showing what the power of community can do too and it's a funny thing with religion these days, you know, who is a part of it, who's not, but I do love the W. Kamau Bell's thing about it's such a white thing to be an atheist, right? No, I'm good. I don't need community. I don't need support. I don't need any spiritual boosters.But yeah, seeing how all of that comes together to sustain these women through things that would make most people quit right away, right? Especially because they're seeing the bigger picture, the bigger impact, and they're recognizing and feeling their own worth too. I think that's another exciting thing about the film that everybody can relate to, right? What is it when you feel your worth and you keep fighting to have that recognized properly, not just, hey, look at me, but recognized properly. And yeah, black scientists. It's just cool. Can I tell you how much I love black nerds and how excited I am that there are more and more events for black nerds.Even things that I'm not interested in, I just love that there has been a safe space created, and it's taken a lot of time. And a lot of my favorite friends happen to be black nerds, and it just feels so free and understood in this environment.And that's something that I'm seeking to do with Living IncogNegro.Just create safe spaces. Who knows? Maybe we'll have national events one day. That'd be cool. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.