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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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Anita Hill
Age: 68
Born: 1956
Born: July 30
Attorney
Feminist
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Lone Tree
Oklahoma
Anita Faye Hill
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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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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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calls for equal treatment are often seen as calls for 'special treatment' in situations where discrimination has become the norm.
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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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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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For my undergraduate work, I went to Oklahoma State University and graduated from there in 1977
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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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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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Many women are harassed, one in three between the ages of 18 and 34, by one poll. And we need to figure out if, in fact, we are going to enable them to come forward with their complaints, as opposed to enabling harassers and abusers to continue their behavior.
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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'm not sure I can say there is a clean line between me as an individual and me as a lawyer.
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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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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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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 was aware, however, that telling at any point in my career could adversely affect my future career
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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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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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