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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.

Anita Hill

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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
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Disenfranchised
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People
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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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The experience of testifying and the aftermath have changed my life
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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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The real problem is that the way that power is given out in our society pits us against each other.
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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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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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I became the messenger who had to be killed
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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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During this period at the Department of Education, my working relationship with Judge Thomas was positive.
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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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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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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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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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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 was aware, however, that telling at any point in my career could adversely affect my future career
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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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When I think of what has happened in a larger sense, beyond myself, then I would not change anything.
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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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