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Anita Hill
Age: 68
Born: 1956
Born: July 30
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Lone Tree
Oklahoma
Anita Faye Hill
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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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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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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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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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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 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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The experience of testifying and the aftermath have changed my life
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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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