Discrimination Towards Black Women in Hidden Figures Film

Abstract

The research analyzes racial and gender discrimination that happens in Hidden Figures film. The purpose of this research is to interpret racial and gender discrimination that appears through the actors’ dialog and scenes that support racial and gender discrimination. This research also analyses the actors’ dialogue that contains racial stereotypes and prejudice that have been accepted voluntarily (hegemony) by some black women, including identifying the black women fight against discrimination. The researcher uses qualitative analysis to analyze the data. Based on the analysis, the researcher finds there are only race discrimination and gender discrimination. The analysis also shows that black women fight against discrimination through direct resistance (verbal) and indirect resistance (non-verbal) from the victims.