Quotes About 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.

In July of 1983, I left Washington, DC area and have had minimal contact with Judge Clarence Thomas since.

It would have been more comfortable for us as a society if Anita Hill wasn't as intelligent, poised, and credible as she was.

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

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

Anita Hill thanklessly put herself and her career as a law professor on the line more than 25 years ago to publicly name Clarence Thomas for sexually harassing her at work.

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

This whole thing with Anita Hill and Clarence Thomas happened during my first year of college. It was a cross-section of race and politics and gender that I feel is still going on today.

It was titled 'Confirmation' very purposefully. I wanted the film to be about that process - about how Judge Thomas and Anita Hill were thrown into a situation that was difficult for anyone to navigate, no matter what the truth was. It's hard to know what the truth is.

Anita Hill has changed the history of how we deal with each other in the workplace. But it also was an interesting episode in how race and the history of race converged in this moment and got used and twisted and interpreted in all kind of ways.

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.