Anita Hill’s name was again tied to Joe Biden’s on Thursday when the former Vice President announced his presidency bid for 2020, and it should remain that way.
Hill and Biden have a storied and complicated past, stemming from the 1991 Capitol Hill hearings when Hill was called to testify about the sexual harassment and sexual misconduct allegations she made in reference to her former boss Clarence Thomas, who at the time, was a candidate for the Supreme Court. Thomas was later confirmed.
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Let the record show that Biden, who at the time was a senior Senator in Congress, served as the Senate Judiciary Committee chair, and was also in charge of the proceedings. The optics of a Black woman attempting to explain the years of sexual harassment she suffered at the hands of Thomas was palpable and also significant to our nation’s history in the participation of sexualizing Black women’s bodies.
On Wednesday Hill spoke to The New York Times about the private conversation she shared with Biden sometime earlier this month when he reached out to apologize to her for his lackluster effort in seeing that Hill was not only seen, but seen, believed and heard.
At the core of her conversation with the Times, Hill believes that Biden is not in full understanding of the role he played in the trajectory of her life, and of the larger reaching effects of his actions after several women have come forward to allege improper touching.
Source: Anita Hill Finally Got A Direct Apology From Joe Biden, But It’s Really Too Little, Too Late
