” factual falsehood of the movie.” talk about an oxymoron. Yes, movies are falsehoods. Patton is a great movie but is rife with inaccuracies for the sake of drama. Saving Private ryan, good flick but wildly inaccurate. That is why they are movies. they are for entertainment. These are not documentaries. they are loosely based on real life, just like Hidden Figures.
Yes, these women were poorly treated at NASA and JPL. Certainly not as bad as the private sector. Yes, there was segregation at NACA and other research facilities when these computers came on. From the late 30s until the late 40s federal government facilities were segregated. You cannot deny that. they could not make a fluid movie within their time constraints that would cover from the late 30s up until the mid 60s, so they took liberties. On her own, Vaughn never would have been able to attend classes in Richmond, but because she was involved with the space program there was an allowance made.
You are certainly free to pretend that segregation was wonderful and no one suffered under it, but it speaks volumes about your humanity.
You support anti-white cultural marxist propaganda.