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Related: About this forum"The New Girl" (1960)
This film depicts the often-overlooked struggles that white men had to go through in the 1960's in order to advance racial equality among the office girls....
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"The New Girl" (1960) (Original Post)
jberryhill
Jun 2019
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saidsimplesimon
(7,888 posts)1. "snark" appreciated
often-overlooked struggles that white men had to go through in the 1960's
jberryhill
(62,444 posts)2. The film is really thought provoking in that regard
At one level, yep, this was progress in the workplace.
At another level, it is outstandingly blind.
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Marcuse
(7,488 posts)4. A young Ed Asner with hair!
Merlot
(9,696 posts)5. That's it - thanks!
Merlot
(9,696 posts)6. If I had a nickle for every time they called grown women "girls"
it still wouldn't fill the wage gap.