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I resent the idea that people would blame the messenger for the message, rather than looking at the content of the message itself.
Anita Hill
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Anita Hill
Age: 68
Born: 1956
Born: July 30
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Lone Tree
Oklahoma
Anita Faye Hill
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calls for equal treatment are often seen as calls for 'special treatment' in situations where discrimination has become the norm.
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Testifying has helped me understand that one individual's behavior and actions make a difference. That my actions are important to people other than myself
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One of the things I was taught in law school is that I'd never be able to think the same again - that being a lawyer is something that's part of who I am as an individual now.
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My parents are older, and they lead a somewhat sheltered life. It was difficult to talk with them about things that were embarrassing to me, and that I had never spoken to them about
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When I think of what has happened in a larger sense, beyond myself, then I would not change anything.
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I think, though, as African-American women, we are always trained to value our community even at the expense of ourselves, and so we attempt to protect the African-American community.
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We've got to understand that all disenfranchised people have something in common...The pursuit of justice really is about equality for everyone.
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For my undergraduate work, I went to Oklahoma State University and graduated from there in 1977
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I work every day to live up to my mother's model. She was a very proud woman. And she really prepared me to go off into the world as a proud daughter.
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If I can mean to people - if I can symbolize the ability to pursue gender equality, racial equality, and to be truthful about our experiences, then, absolutely, that's what I want to be.
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Certainly my life will not ever be as private and discreet, and perhaps I should even use the word insulated, as it was before
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Many women are harassed, one in three between the ages of 18 and 34, by one poll. And we need to figure out if, in fact, we are going to enable them to come forward with their complaints, as opposed to enabling harassers and abusers to continue their behavior.
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I did what my conscience told me to do, and you can't fail if you do that.
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But I think it would be irresponsible for me not to say what I really believe in my heart to be true - that there are some serious inequities that we face as women and that we can work to address these inequities
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I see myself as an educator.
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You can't always expect a certain result, but you can expect to do your best.
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What we really need to be understanding is that all of these things matter and they all stem from the fact that certain people live with power and authority and they want to maintain it
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We have a history of gender and racial bias on our court that continues to undermine the system. Excluding individuals based on race is antagonistic to the pursuit of justice.
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