First posted on FB 3/14/14:
I think many of us were dumb struck in 1991 as we watched the Senate
hearings for consideration of Clarence Thomas for SCJ and we saw some of
the most powerful men in the Senate crucify Anita Hill. I will never
forget who was on that Judicial Committee, and I have never been able to
fully forgive Chairman Joe Biden for those hearings even though I
admire him for many things he has done since then,
in particular pushing through the Violence Against Women Act.
Nevertheless the Senators' attacks on Anita Hill were a profound step
backward for Civil Rights in our country that day. We sacrificed a
woman's character, reputation, and career so that a man of inferior
ability could be appointed. He has proven to be one of the worst, most
ethnically challenged, and least thoughtful SCJs ever. Speaking on the
Daily Show about what the Hearings really revealed, Anita Hill said:
"What power dynamics look like, and also what to not have a
representative body in the Senate actually results in. It results in
processes that are being held that are just completely uninformed by the
reality of peoples' lives." Members of the Judicial Committee all
rallied behind Thomas in a bipartisan manner, acting like they had no
idea what sexual harassment was or what it looked like. Yeah, right.
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