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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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The real problem is that the way that power is given out in our society pits us against each other.
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I have no personal vendetta against Clarence Thomas. I seek only to provide the committee with information which it may regard as relevant
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Because I was extremely uncomfortable talking about sex with him at all and particularly in such a graphic way, I told him that I did not want to talk about these subjects.
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But the issue of sexual harassment is not the end of it. There are other issues - political issues, gender issues - that people need to be educated about.
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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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For my undergraduate work, I went to Oklahoma State University and graduated from there in 1977
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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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Well, of course it was a very trying time for me, and fortunately I had a lot of people who were supportive. A lot of people who were writing and calling and saying they were praying for me. Some people sent me Scripture, and that helped.
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I became the messenger who had to be killed
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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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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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I am really proud to be a part in whatever way of women becoming active in the political scene. I think it was the first time that people came to terms with the reality of what it meant to have a Senate made up of 98 men and two women.
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