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For my undergraduate work, I went to Oklahoma State University and graduated from there in 1977

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Anita Hill
Age: 68
Born: 1956
Born: July 30
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Feminist
Human Rights Activist
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Lone Tree
Oklahoma
Anita Faye Hill
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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 became the messenger who had to be killed
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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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I did what my conscience told me to do, and you can't fail if you do that.
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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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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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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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calls for equal treatment are often seen as calls for 'special treatment' in situations where discrimination has become the norm.
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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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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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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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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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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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During this period at the Department of Education, my working relationship with Judge Thomas was positive.
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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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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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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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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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