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Anita Hill Quotes
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.
Anita Hill
I resent the idea that people would blame the messenger for the message, rather than looking at the content of the message itself.
Anita Hill
I did what my conscience told me to do, and you can't fail if you do that.
Anita Hill
When I think of what has happened in a larger sense, beyond myself, then I would not change anything.
Anita Hill
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.
Anita Hill
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.
Anita Hill
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.
Anita Hill
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 became the messenger who had to be killed.
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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'm not sure I can say there is a clean line between me as an individual and me as a lawyer.
Anita Hill
If you think about the way the hearings were structured, the hearings were really about Thomas' race and my gender.
Anita Hill
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.
Anita Hill
Telling the world is the most difficult experience of my life, but it is very close to having to live through the experience that occasion this meeting.
Anita Hill
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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The experience of testifying and the aftermath have changed my life.
Anita Hill
The FBI has had a history of sex discrimination complaints brought against it, as well as race discrimination.
Anita Hill
The real problem is that the way that power is given out in our society pits us against each other.
Anita Hill
What I wanted was for everyone listening to understand that these things mattered - not necessarily for me, but in this particular forum they mattered in terms of whether of not we were getting a person who should sit on the Supreme Court.
Anita Hill
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.
Anita Hill
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.
Anita Hill
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