Hill vs. Thomas

1.      In the case of Anita Hill and Clarence Thomas I personally feel like Ms. Hill should have expressed her concerns and the harassment earlier than she did. Although I feel like she waited too long to express these comments, I also feel that these types of situations deserve justice. The biggest issue I have with this case is that she followed him into his next job after he had harassed her in this manner. This makes me wonder if she did not like the attention that he was giving her. While saying this I can also see this situation through an economical perspective, because you have to do what you have to do in order to get the bills paid. I feel that she is not wrong by testifying against Thomas, he did these things, therefore he has to face the consequences. Also I believe that the whole idea of airing the black people’s dirty laundry publically is a stupid argument in general. To say that a woman has to hide what happened to her that is against the law is suppressing women once again. Again we see people of the black race attempting to suppress one another. In my opinion, much like the rape documentary, peoples opinion aren’t going to change over situations like these, it takes years to change people’s idea of stereotypes.  She sought justice for herself and as a woman; this issue has nothing to do with the black race, in general.  This is a personal issue, and if anything a gender issue. Women have been silenced for too long on the idea of rape and harassment. I feel that Thomas should not have been elected into the Supreme Court because if he done things of this nature before, he can do them again.  I don’t think Hill did this to ruin his reputation, but she did not want to lie about the situation. I also think that Thomas’s wife calling and requesting an apology 19 years after the incident is quite silly. I think it is very immature for her to imply that nothing happened in the first case, although this is her husband, she still does not have proof that these things did not occur. Therefore I felt that she was a bitch for asking for an apology, and especially so many years later. I believe that Anita Hill had every right to do what she did and that the black race should have supported her in getting justice instead of shunning her.