Quote Originally Posted by Crankin View Post
I recently found out that the scene where Kevin Costner smashed down the "colored only" bathroom sign was made up. The writer thought it would be good to have a "white hero."
Oy.
Yes, true. One of the living real black NASA female engineers which the movie is based on them, did confirm that. I guess a movie always needs a white hero.

But reality is that most likely it was tough in the 1960's to be treated professionally on equally as a woman, black, university educated and engineer..of which one or more of them did become that. My partner graduated in civil engineering in University of Toronto in late 1960's. He said there were only 2 female engineers in his classes at that time. Also non-white ,male engineers were very rare in his class at the time. This is Canada's largest engineering university faculty with research programs, etc.

It is abit different now. But some of us are old enough to remember....

After seeing movie when celebrating my birthday last weekend (which coincided with the U.S. visa/immigration/refugee/dual citizenship ban of 7 countries) , when I came home I got an email that a long time friend (past 34 yrs.) died suddenly. I believe this email is true...
Anyway, she was the first manager who hired me for my first professional job after university. A bit of a mentor. She was white, born in South Africa and lived through the apartheid era. Her father was a minister there.

There are times where personal events coincide against the other/world events.