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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
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Lone Tree
Oklahoma
Anita Faye Hill
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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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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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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 am really proud to be a part in whatever way of women becoming active in the political scene. I think it was the first time that people came to terms with the reality of what it meant to have a Senate made up of 98 men and two women.
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I became the messenger who had to be killed
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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 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 experience of testifying and the aftermath have changed my life
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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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During this period at the Department of Education, my working relationship with Judge Thomas was positive.
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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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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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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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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 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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