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calls for equal treatment are often seen as calls for 'special treatment' in situations where discrimination has become the norm.
Anita Hill
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Anita Hill
Age: 68
Born: 1956
Born: July 30
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Feminist
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Lone Tree
Oklahoma
Anita Faye Hill
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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 did what my conscience told me to do, and you can't fail if you do that.
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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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