Quotes by Anita Hill

About Anita Hill:

Anita Faye Hill is an American attorney and academic. She is a professor of social policy, law and women's studies at Brandeis University's 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 supervisor at the U.S. Department of Education and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, of sexual harassment.
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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

The experience of testifying and the aftermath have changed my life.

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When I think of what has happened in a larger sense, beyond myself, then I would not change anything.

Anita Hill

The FBI has had a history of sex discrimination complaints brought against it, as well as race discrimination.

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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.

Anita Hill

During this period at the Department of Education, my working relationship with Judge Thomas was positive.

Anita Hill

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

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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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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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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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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.

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Well, of course it was a very trying time for me, and fortunately I had a lot of people who were supportive. A lot of people who were writing and calling and saying they were praying for me. Some people sent me Scripture, and that helped.

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.

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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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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 became the messenger who had to be killed.

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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 see myself as an educator.

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I thought that by saying no and explaining my reasons my employer would abandon his social suggestions. However, to my regret, in the following few weeks, he continued to ask me out on several occasions.

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Author Bio

  • NameAnita Hill
  • DescriptionLaw professor; witness in Clarence Thomas controversy
  • BornJuly 30, 1956
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionLawyer; Autobiographer