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The real problem is that the way that power is given out in our society pits us against each other.

Anita Hill

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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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I did what my conscience told me to do, and you can't fail if you do that.
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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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I became the messenger who had to be killed
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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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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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The experience of testifying and the aftermath have changed my life
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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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For my undergraduate work, I went to Oklahoma State University and graduated from there in 1977
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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 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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In July of 1983, I left Washington, DC area and have had minimal contact with Judge Clarence Thomas since
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