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The experience of testifying and the aftermath have changed my life

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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
Testifying
Aftermath
Changed
Experience
Life

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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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In July of 1983, I left Washington, DC area and have had minimal contact with Judge Clarence Thomas since
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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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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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One of the things I was taught in law school is that I'd never be able to think the same again - that being a lawyer is something that's part of who I am as an individual now.
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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'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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Certainly my life will not ever be as private and discreet, and perhaps I should even use the word insulated, as it was before
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I became the messenger who had to be killed
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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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When I think of what has happened in a larger sense, beyond myself, then I would not change anything.
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You can't always expect a certain result, but you can expect to do your best.
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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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For my undergraduate work, I went to Oklahoma State University and graduated from there in 1977
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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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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 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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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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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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