Anita Hill

Along with the rise of technology in the 21st century came an increase in the public’s awareness of the hostilities that women face at their jobs. Consequently, numerous efforts such as the Occupational Safety and Health Administration and the Violence Against Women Act have been enacted to prevent mistreatment at work. Due to this rapid emergence of prevention programs, many mistakenly assume that a present day woman’s workplace is guaranteed to be harmless. However, in actuality, violence…

University, illustrates those of privilege possessing, epistemic arrogance, laziness, and closed-mindedness, are all prevalent throughout today's society. An example in which this is expressed is that of Anita Hill during the confirmation of Bush-nominated supreme court justice, Clarence Thomas. Hill accused Thomas of sexual harassment, but throughout his hearings her allegation was severely scrutinized and ultimately dismissed. Medina explains the three vices of the privileged as well as the…

resolved, WOC will still experience sexism. In Patricia Hill Collins’ “Assume the Position”, she provides the example of Anita Hill. Justice Clarence Thompson’s comments comparing the trial to a “high-tech lynching” outweighed the sexual harassment and injustice faced. “The combination of male dominance and the need to avoid any hint of racism made the choice simple. Believing Thomas challenged racism. Doubting Thomas supported it. Thomas won. Hill lost” (Collins). The case was impacted by…

Robert Franke CRJ 410 12/5/2015 Final Paper Justice Clarence Thomas was born in 1948 in Pin Point, Georgia, which was a mainly black area that was founded by freed slaves after the Civil War. He was the second ever black judge, in the Supreme Court and was at first not thrilled to working as a judge. As Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States his views are typically from a conservative stand point, and usually wants a solution that limits the power of the federal…

The following passage is taken from Games At Twilight, a short story by Anita Desai. Anita Desai is a renowned author from India who writes about India, or America told in relation to India. Games At Twilight, set in India, revolves around Ravi, one of five children, who learns about the harsh realities of life and death while playing a game of hide and seek. The didactic short story, told from a third person limited point of view, examines the idea of eventually being forgotten after death. In…

harder to distinguish what is fact checked or considered fake news. When Enloe first presented the astonishing story of the group of African American women who raised a large sum of money just to run an ad in the New York Times to show solidarity for Anita Hill, it actually did have a ripple effect. During a similar case with the Mike Tyson trial, “local Black feminist organizers decided to sponsor an ad that addressed the popular…

There have been many cases of sexual harassment and retaliation cases throughout the history of the United States. It seems that there was an increase in these type of cases/allegations during the 1990’s that continue to this day. The average profile of victims started to change and more laws were created to set new precedents as well as to protect individuals. Since this increase in harassment and retaliation, people from all backgrounds have found themselves involved in sexual harassment and…

In her essay, Jacqueline Jones explains the ideas of race and gender and states that they are hard to discuss as different categories in historical analysis because they are continuously changing. She says that in past ten or fifteen the racial and gender ideologies were extricated from their biological roots. Author also states that it is easy to find examples of physical appearance irrelevance to definition of race or sex organs irrelevance to definition of gender. Jones gives examples of…

1. The Era of ‘The Bitch’ is Coming by Michelle Cottle In this article, Cottle argues that a Clinton win will lead to a misogynistic backlash. She points out that people often resent cultural change and can act out as a result of this resentment. The behavior of Trump supporters at his rallies and on social media are examples of what might be to come. Farida Jalalzai, a political scientist from Oklahoma State University believes the sexism will become greater when she gains more power because…

harassment at work. Ontiveros also explained that these misogynist views have led to the legal justification of discriminatory acts committed by all men, as demonstrated by the Hill-Thomas hearing of 1991. The Hill-Thomas hearing revealed the misogynist nature of the legal system as right-wing whites and African Americans attacked Anita Hill for accusing Clarence Thomas, nominee to the Supreme Court, of sexual harassment; African American…