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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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Anita Hill
Age: 68
Born: 1956
Born: July 30
Attorney
Feminist
Human Rights Activist
Lawyer
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Lone Tree
Oklahoma
Anita Faye Hill
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For my undergraduate work, I went to Oklahoma State University and graduated from there in 1977
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