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" I became the messenger who had to be killed. "
Anita Hill
Who
Became
Messenger
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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. "
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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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Career
Future
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Make A Difference
People
" For my undergraduate work, I went to Oklahoma State University and graduated from there in 1977. "
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Oklahoma
State
" The FBI has had a history of sex discrimination complaints brought against it, as well as race discrimination. "
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History
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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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" 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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Even
Before
Life
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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. "
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Experience
" 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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Want
Uncomfortable
Talking
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Think
Heart
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Positive
Judge
Education
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Beyond
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Conscience
Did
Fail
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Society
Us
Way
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Gender
Race
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Information
Only
Personal
" It would have been more comfortable to remain silent. "
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Would
Been
Comfortable
" 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. "
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Listening
Supreme Court
Understand
" 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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Me
Regret
Saying