This story about Virginia Thomas demanding an apology from Anita Hill nearly two decades after the sexual harassment scandal is ubiquitous. I have found three very different stories about it, all utilizing similar facts and even exact quotes.
The CNN one focuses on the 1991 case and reignites the feud between Hill and Thomas.
The Yahoo! AP story focuses on the phone call itself, the strange timing of it and Hill's aversion to the press.
Finally, the Christian Science Monitor gives an inordinate amount of attention to Virginia Thomas and her political pursuits, which seem to nearly overshadow the harassment issue or even the phone call to Hill.
hi pithy: what is really missing from these stories is what motivated virginia thomas to place this phone call in the first place. why now? and why leave it as a VM message?? what is or is not going on in her life that this issue was so pressing that she had to call anita hill at this time?? inquiring minds want to know....
ReplyDeleteFran, I agree and forgot to mention that in my post. All of the info offered around the motive is conjecture. What the media offers is its own theories about how Virginia wants to close that chapter of her life or somehow feels the need for closure after 2 decades. But I have yet to read any fact-based explanations. -PP (Astrid) :)
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