Anita Hill

Scholar

1956-07-30

Anita Hill is an American lawyer, academic, and civil rights advocate.

Quotes by 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.
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If you think about the way the hearings were structured, the hearings were really about Thomas' race and my gender.
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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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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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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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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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For my undergraduate work, I went to Oklahoma State University and graduated from there in 1977.
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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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