Whatever became of Anita Hill?

[Taverner]

I always liked her, and hoped that she would have a more public career. She was THE ONLY ONE who came out against Thomas, showing him to be the lecherous fool that he is...

And the media tore her apart.

To me, she kinda defines Heroine...

[tridim]

1. Wiki..

Recent career

Hill has provided expert commentary on many national television programs. Hill has been featured on “Today,” “60 Minutes” and “Face the Nation.” Hill is also the author of many articles which have been published in “The New York Times,” “Newsweek,” and "Critical Race Feminism." In addition, she has contributed to many scholarly and legal publications. Hill is also a sought-after public speaker in many arenas, including law and women's rights. <11>

In 1995, Hill co-edited Race, Gender and Power in America with Emma Coleman Jordan. <12> She has also "written extensively on international commercial law, bankruptcy, and civil rights".<13>

On October 29, 1996, Hill resigned from the University of Oklahoma College of Law. <14> She obtained a position at the Institute for the Study of Social Change at University of California, Berkeley in January 1997.<15>

In 1997, Hill joined the faculty of the Heller School for Social Policy and Management at Brandeis University, after time at Brandeis University's Women's Studies Program.

In 2005, Hill was selected as a Fletcher Foundation Fellow.

In 2008, Professor Hill was awarded the Louis P. and Evelyn Smith First Amendment Award<16> by the Ford Hall Forum.

[Taverner]

2. Ahh yes - I'm just lazy :)

And its good to see she's doing well

She would have made a MUCH better Justice than Thomas

[jobycom]

3. She wasn't the only one, and she didn't really try to come out against Thomas.

She falls into that "greatness thrust upon her" category. She was interviewed about Thomas by the FBI during his background checks, but her testimony was overlooked until after Thomas's first confirmation vote in committee. Someone discovered her comments, and she was called to testify, and did, fearlessly. A few other women also made similar claims about Thomas, but they didn't receive as much attention.

The media was divided on her, but the right wing slander machine went into full gear, assassinating her character and lying about her to strengthen Thomas. One of her primary attackers was David Brock, who later admitted he had just made stuff up. Read "Blinded by the Right," if you want to see how they did it.

[DURHAM D]

4. And our current VP, as chair of the committee,

was to much of a chicken to do the right thing and he allowed(is responsible for)the public stoning that took place.

I will never forgive Joe Biden for that mess. I took off from work and watched every minute of that national embarrassment known as the Thomas confirmation hearings.

Anita Hill is a better "man" than old Joe will ever be.

[jobycom]

6. Yep. nt

[ljm2002]

5. Of course, the real scandal...

...is that he was ever in sight of being confirmed in committee. Anyone who listened to his testimony for days on end, as I did, would have to have seen quite clearly that he, how to put this delicately, simply did not have the intellectual firepower required of a Supreme Court Justice.

I always thought the Anita Hill aspect was a Hail Mary pass by those who were too cowardly to reject him outright. And it failed, and brought all sorts of trauma onto her, and permanently tainted Clarence Thomas as well -- not that he didn't earn it.

All they had to do was vote according to a principled position -- the principle in question being, "We won't put an outright incompetent onto the bench of the U.S. Supreme Court". He never, ever should have gotten enough votes to get out of committee. Scandalous.

[jobycom]

7. Yes. nt