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Get back to where you once belong.
GET..back...Anita!
Posted on 02/23/2005 2:08:35 PM PST by KidGlock
Thomas still a bad choice, Hill says
Wednesday, February 23, 2005
By Kyla King
The Grand Rapids Press
GRAND RAPIDS -- In the 13 years since Anita Hill testified during Senate confirmation hearings about alleged sexual harassment by then-Supreme Court Justice nominee Clarence Thomas, she has written books, taught at two universities and penned numerous opinion pieces.
And although she will be in Grand Rapids on Thursday to speak about race and gender issues, she expects people also will want to talk about her role in one of the biggest political controversies of the time.
"It was a big event, and I think even I have underestimated how significant it was in our culture and political life," said Hill, who spoke with The Press by telephone from her office at Brandeis University in Waltham, Mass. "It's certainly a fair question."
Hill said she will welcome all inquiries about sexual harassment and women's public, political and economic issues during the question-and-answer period of her presentation.
Beforehand, the 48-year-old Massachusetts resident will spend more than an hour discussing "Race, Gender and Power in America" at the Calvin College Chapel as part of the West Michigan Women's Studies Council Nokomis Foundation Lecture.
Hill said she plans to focus on contemporary issues having to do with "where we are as a generation on the issues of women in political and public leadership."
"It is still important for us to look back at the election that we just went through ... and get a sense of how successful we are in influencing these elections," she said.
And yes, for the record, Hill does have an opinion on rumors that Justice Thomas could be nominated for the court's top spot if ailing Chief Justice William Rehnquist steps down.
"I think it's clear my feeling is he shouldn't have been on the court, and I certainly think he would be a very bad choice for chief justice," she said.
"He hasn't shown the leadership quality of being able to bring the court together on controversial issues," she said, adding that, in many split opinions, his positions have been more divisive than the majority opinion.
Hill's appearance during Black History Month, and just before the start of Women's History Month, is well-timed, said Helen Sterk, professor and chairwoman of Communication Arts &Sciences at Calvin College.
"Anita Hill has been a lightning rod for significant debate on race and gender, and we are very pleased to welcome her to Grand Rapids to continue that discussion," Sterk said.
Did this time at least get a small chuckle??
Now this is a bizarre statement. Hill seems to think avoiding divisiveness is more important than sticking to one's principles and arriving at the correct decision.
Didn't my Butch governor represent her (Napolitano-D-AZ)?
Gag!
Better a lame R than a D any time.
Yep ... And it is oddly appropriate in this context.
Here is the current Bio on Anita Hill and wherenshe is now.
Isn't it interesting that Hill seems to have been abandoned by NOW and other women's organizations now that she is no longer of any use?
Anita F. Hill (email: ahill@brandeis.edu), professor of social policy, law, and women's studies, was admitted to the District of Columbia Bar in 1980, and began her law career as an associate with the Washington, D.C., firm of Wald, Harkrader & Ross. In 1981 Professor Hill became special counsel to the assistant secretary of the Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights. From 1982 to 1983, she served as advisor to the chairman of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Professor Hill began her teaching career as an assistant professor at Oral Roberts University, where she taught from 1983 to 1986. In 1986, she joined the faculty at the University of Oklahoma College of Law. Before coming to The Heller School, she visited at The University of California's Institute for the Study of Social Change and Brandeis University's Women's Studies Program. Professor Hill is the author of numerous articles on international commercial law, bankruptcy, and civil rights-all areas in which she has taught. She has given numerous presentations on commercial law as well as race and gender equality. In addition, Professor Hill has appeared on several television programs, such as Face the Nation and Meet the Press, and, her commentary has been published by Newsweek, The New York Times, and The Boston Globe. She has served on numerous boards of directors for nonprofit organizations and is the author of Speaking Truth to Power, which chronicles her experience as a witness in the confirmation hearing for Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas.
Go away woman!
Somehow, she irks me! Wonder why?????
Glad to hear it, and by the way I love your Michelle Malkin quote in your bio...
http://tinyurl.com/3v2eh
Get back...
Get back...
Get back to where you once belong.
GET..back...Anita!
These pretzels are making me thirsty. Anybody see where I laid my can of Coke?
I got a coke can for her. Another "item" will be supplied later.
HEY! HEY! HEY!
In the words of Jerry Seinfeld... "You know, you are always welcome here... but as far as M. Johnson is concerned...."
"Who is Anita Hill? What does this twit have to say that is relevent?"
See, she used to know this guy that later became someone important.
Hey Anita, STFU!!!!
Naw, she'd be standing in the med line at the treatment center I work for, waiting for her fruit cocktail cup of Prozac, Ristoril, Respiradol, and Trazodone.
Of course I know, I just don't think she has anything to offer the American public.
Isn't she the one who planted the Coke can?
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