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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.

Anita Hill

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Anita Hill
Age: 68
Born: 1956
Born: July 30
Attorney
Feminist
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Lone Tree
Oklahoma
Anita Faye Hill
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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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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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During this period at the Department of Education, my working relationship with Judge Thomas was positive.
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You can't always expect a certain result, but you can expect to do your best.
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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 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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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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I see myself as an educator.
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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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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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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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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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For my undergraduate work, I went to Oklahoma State University and graduated from there in 1977
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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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I did what my conscience told me to do, and you can't fail if you do that.
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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 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'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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I became the messenger who had to be killed
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The experience of testifying and the aftermath have changed my life
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