and to weaken the act now those public accommodations
accommodations
and making them accessible doesn't
necessarily mean that all buildings have
to be
say wheelchair accessible or accessible
to someone on crutches
but if that building is updated if it's renovated
renovated
then it has to be brought up to those
new standards
critics argue that this thing made
doorknobs illegal and in a sense it did because
because
you need to have a door that can be
opened by someone who doesn't have a thumb
thumb
and doorknobs can't be opened unless you
have a thumb at least not easily
so they don't meet the accessibility requirements
requirements
which the law began to put into place
thurgood marshall the first black
supreme court justice was elderly and
decided to retire
and to replace him george h.w bush
nominated clarence thomas
thomas had only been a federal judge for
about 16 months he was the most
junior federal judge in the country and
the confirmation committee of eight
democrats and six republicans held the
confirmation hearings
on thomas's nomination they asked thomas
what was the most important ruling of
the last 20 years
he said he couldn't remember now thomas
had been the chairman of the equal
employment opportunity commission the eeoc
eeoc
and had worked with a woman named anita
hill hill was one of the employees
called before the senate committee
and after her testimony for the first
time the term sexual harassment was used
regularly by the media
four female witnesses to hill's
accusations against thomas waited in the
wings to support her credibility
but the senate committee led by then
senator joe biden declined to call them
biden also allowed thomas to testify
first and last with hill testifying in between
between
thomas said that nothing had happened
between him and hill
and as you'll see he basically accused
the senate committee of being racist if
they believed a black woman's testimony
against a black man accused of sexual harassment
harassment
eventually 10 democrats in the senate
voted for thomas's
confirmation and he passed 52-48 he is still
still
on the supreme court and women's
activists shortly after this took to
wearing buttons saying
i believe anita hill
so proceed to the next two clips to hear
testimony from
anita hill and from clarence thomas
especially since this is such a
controversial issue i want you to hear
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