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I did what my conscience told me to do, and you can't fail if you do that.
Anita Hill
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Anita Hill
Age: 68
Born: 1956
Born: July 30
Attorney
Feminist
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Oklahoma
Anita Faye Hill
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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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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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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 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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I was aware, however, that telling at any point in my career could adversely affect my future career
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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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For my undergraduate work, I went to Oklahoma State University and graduated from there in 1977
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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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The FBI has had a history of sex discrimination complaints brought against it, as well as race discrimination
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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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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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When I think of what has happened in a larger sense, beyond myself, then I would not change anything.
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we need to turn the question around to look at the harasser, not the target. We need to be sure that we can go out and look anyone who is a victim of harassment in the eye and say, 'You do not have to remain silent anymore.
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I became the messenger who had to be killed
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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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During this period at the Department of Education, my working relationship with Judge Thomas was positive.
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