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Anita Hill Biography

Anita Faye Hill (born July 30, 1956) is an American attorney and academic. She is a university professor of social policy, law, and women's studies at Brandeis University and a faculty member of Brandeis' Heller School for Social Policy and Management. She became a national figure in 1991 when she accused U.S. Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas, her boss at the United States Department of Education and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, of sexual harassment.

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I see myself as an educator.

Educator, See

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.

Particularly, Sex, Talk, Talking, Uncomfortable, Want

I resent the idea that people would blame the messenger for the message, rather than looking at the content of the message itself.

Ideas, Message, Messenger, Messengers, People

I'm not sure I can say there is a clean line between me as an individual and me as a lawyer.

Cleaning, Individual, Lawyer, Lines, Say

I work every day to live up to my mother's model. She was a very proud woman. And she really prepared me to go off into the world as a proud daughter.

Daughter, Live, Mother, Woman, World

I have no personal vendetta against Clarence Thomas. I seek only to provide the committee with information which it may regard as relevant

Against, Committee, Information, May, Provide, Vendetta

The real problem is that the way that power is given out in our society pits us against each other.

Against, Pits, Power, Real

The experience of testifying and the aftermath have changed my life

Aftermath, Changed, Changed My Life, Life

calls for equal treatment are often seen as calls for 'special treatment' in situations where discrimination has become the norm.

Become, Equal Treatment, Injustice, Norm, Special, Treatment

We've got to understand that all disenfranchised people have something in common. . . The pursuit of justice really is about equality for everyone.

Common, Everyone, Justice, People, Pursuit, Understand

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.

Interpret, Mean, People, Self

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

Believe, Heart, Inequities, Irresponsible, Thinking, True

I became the messenger who had to be killed

Became, Killed, Messenger, Messengers

You can't always expect a certain result, but you can expect to do your best.

Certain, Expect, Result, Results

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.

Gender, Justice, Prejudice, Race, Undermine

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

Difference, Differences, Helped, Important, People, Testifying

For my undergraduate work, I went to Oklahoma State University and graduated from there in 1977

Oklahoma, States, Undergraduate, University, Work

I did what my conscience told me to do, and you can't fail if you do that.

Conscience, Fail, Failing, Failure, Inspiring, Told

I was aware, however, that telling at any point in my career could adversely affect my future career

Affect, Aware, Careers, Future, Future Careers, My Future

In July of 1983, I left Washington, DC area and have had minimal contact with Judge Clarence Thomas since

1983, Judging, July, Minimal, Washington, Washington Dc

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