Quotes from Anita Hill

The real problem is that the way that power is given out in our society pits us against each other.

In order to find victim-centered solutions to gender-based violence, we will need to address racism, including the vestiges of colonialism and slavery, along with homophobia, misogyny and gender bias.

If we are going to persuade victims to come forward, we must rethink how manhood and womanhood are defined and how both definitions create unrealistic and unsafe demands on our behavior, starting when we're children.

Role models matter.

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.

If you think about the way the hearings were structured, the hearings were really about Thomas' race and my gender.

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

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.

I resent the idea that people would blame the messenger for the message, rather than looking at the content of the message itself.

It would have been more comfortable to remain silent.

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.

I became the messenger who had to be killed.

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.

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.

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.

For my undergraduate work, I went to Oklahoma State University and graduated from there in 1977

I have no personal vendetta against Clarence Thomas. I seek only to provide the committee with information which it may regard as relevant.

Whether we call it a job or a career work is more than just something we do. It is a part of who we are.

I see myself as an educator.

We've got to understand that all disenfranchised people have something in common...The pursuit of justice really is about equality for everyone.

If I can mean to people - if I can symbolize the ability to pursue gender equality, racial equality, and to be truthful about our experiences, then, absolutely, that's what I want to be.

I did what my conscience told me to do, and you can't fail if you do that.