 The real problem is that the way that power is given out in our society pits us against each other. |
| For my undergraduate work, I went to Oklahoma State University and graduated from there in 1977. |
| The FBI has had a history of sex discrimination complaints brought against it, as well as race discrimination. |
| In July of 1983, I left Washington, DC area and have had minimal contact with Judge Clarence Thomas since. |
| Telling the world is the most difficult experience of my life, but it is very close to having to live through the experience that occasion this meeting. |
| What I wanted was for everyone listening to understand that these things mattered - not necessarily for me, but in this particular forum they mattered in terms of whether of not we were getting a person who should sit on the Supreme Court. |
| I see myself as an educator. |
| I was aware, however, that telling at any point in my career could adversely affect my future career. |
| I became the messenger who had to be killed. |
| I have no personal vendetta against Clarence Thomas. I seek only to provide the committee with information which it may regard as relevant. |
| During this period at the Department of Education, my working relationship with Judge Thomas was positive. |
