Author Profile
Anita Hill
1956 • American • Celebrity
31
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Showing 31 quotesWe 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
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
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.— Anita Hill
In July of 1983, I left Washington, DC area and have had minimal contact with Judge Clarence Thomas since.— Anita Hill
If you think about the way the hearings were structured, the hearings were really about Thomas' race and my gender.— Anita Hill
For my undergraduate work, I went to Oklahoma State University and graduated from there in 1977.— 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
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
When I think of what has happened in a larger sense, beyond myself, then I would not change anything.— 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.— 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
The FBI has had a history of sex discrimination complaints brought against it, as well as race discrimination.— 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
I have no personal vendetta against Clarence Thomas. I seek only to provide the committee with information which it may regard as relevant.— 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