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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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Anita Hill
Age: 68
Born: 1956
Born: July 30
Attorney
Feminist
Human Rights Activist
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Lone Tree
Oklahoma
Anita Faye Hill
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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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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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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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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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I thought that by saying no and explaining my reasons my employer would abandon his social suggestions. However, to my regret, in the following few weeks, he continued to ask me out on several occasions
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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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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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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 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 think, though, as African-American women, we are always trained to value our community even at the expense of ourselves, and so we attempt to protect the African-American community.
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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 real problem is that the way that power is given out in our society pits us against each other.
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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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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 did what my conscience told me to do, and you can't fail if you do that.
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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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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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calls for equal treatment are often seen as calls for 'special treatment' in situations where discrimination has become the norm.
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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 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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