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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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Anita Hill
Age: 68
Born: 1956
Born: July 30
Attorney
Feminist
Human Rights Activist
Lawyer
Professor
Lone Tree
Oklahoma
Anita Faye Hill
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You can't always expect a certain result, but you can expect to do your best.
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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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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 resent the idea that people would blame the messenger for the message, rather than looking at the content of the message itself.
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I became the messenger who had to be killed
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I see myself as an educator.
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The experience of testifying and the aftermath have changed my life
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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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I am hopeful that others who have suffered sexual harassment will not become discouraged by my experience, but instead will find the strength to speak out about this serious problem.
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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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Whether we call it a job or a career, work is more than just something we do. It is a part of who we are.
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I have - often say to people that you really don't get to decide your own legacy. I mean, what you do is, you try to be your own authentic self. And then people decide how they're going to interpret that and what it means to them.
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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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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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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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During this period at the Department of Education, my working relationship with Judge Thomas was positive.
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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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In July of 1983, I left Washington, DC area and have had minimal contact with Judge Clarence Thomas since
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The FBI has had a history of sex discrimination complaints brought against it, as well as race discrimination
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