By Jam Donaldson on Dec 7th 2010 9:42AM
Filed under: News, Race and Civil Rights
In a voice mail message left at 7:31 a.m. on Oct. 9, Virginia Thomas (pictured above with husband Clarence Thomas) asked Anita Hill, her husband's former-aide–turned-enemy, for an apology for the sexual harassment suit she filed in the early '90s.
Hill played the recording at Brandeis University and for The New York Times, and soon the wacky voice mail was the talk of the town.
In an an interview with The Daily Caller, Thomas said making contact with Hill "was probably a mistake on my part."
Probably a mistake?
A "mistake" is putting on black socks that you thought were navy blue. A "mistake" is that third tequila shot or paying $10 to see a
Wayans Brothers movie.
If your husband is a Supreme Court Justice, calling his ex on a Saturday morning and leaving a crazy-lady voice mail is no mistake.
That's just nuts.
In case you forgot, Thomas left the following message for Hill on her office phone:
"Good morning, Anita Hill, it's Ginni Thomas. I just wanted to reach across the airwaves and the years and ask you to consider something. I would love you to consider an apology sometime and some full explanation of why you did what you did with my husband. ... So give it some thought. And certainly pray about this and hope that one day you will help us understand why you did what you did. Okay have a good day."
Look, Ginni, let's just call a spade a spade. You probably had one Bloody Mary too many that morning or took more than the prescribed dose of
Xanax. It's okay, it happens to all of us.
Considering that Anita Hill's testimony has been substantiated by other women -- not to mention this happened 20 YEARS AGO -- your message was outrageous, embarrassing and completely loony. One thing it wasn't, though, was a "mistake."
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By: K Mac on 12/07/2010 9:49AM
"Probably a mistake." Gee, ya think?
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By: onekid4us on 12/07/2010 3:42PM
Nah, no mistake heiffer! Ever notice how most of these white women, in my experience, marry or date a black man, they feriously hate black women? Ever notice that???? It's actually comical. Something within them is highly intimidated by the beautiful black woman. I see this all the time, when I walk into a room, doens't matter when or where, but most INSECURE white women will cut their eyes, look as if they are smelling onions, and more than likely, somewhere down the line, they are tied to a brotha! Virginia dear, you called Anita up because after ALL these years, you couldn't shake what you have felt all along. Am I enough for him?
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By: JillG on 12/07/2010 10:41AM
"If your husband is a sitting Supreme Court Justice, calling his ex on a Saturday morning and leaving a crazy-lady voice mail is no mistake."
I'm wondering whether someone could please fact check this - I'm pretty sure that it's inaccurate to refer to Ms. Hill as an 'ex' of Clarence Thomas. As I recall, their relationship was work-based.
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By: livelikeyouredying on 12/07/2010 12:02PM
@JillG: No, it's not correct, but that's never stopped Jam Donaldson before. I would just disregard her.
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By: Marie on 12/19/2010 1:25AM
I, too, took issue with the reference to Ms. Hill as being Thomas's "ex." That's why his lewd, obscene, lascivious behavior towards Ms. Hill was "sexual harassment." That she did not report his inappropriate, uninvited, unwelcome behavior towards her does not negate the fact that he did it. Ginni is just going to have to accept the fact that her husband is what he is.
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By: ADMR on 12/07/2010 10:56AM
SEErazy Indeed...Ms Hill, Have Blessed, Happy Holidays!
Thanks For Allowing The World To BeAware Of, As stated, Outrageous, Completely Loony Behavior about a twenty year old occurence - Sick...
Have a GoOD ONE!
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By: Sharon on 12/07/2010 12:23PM
This..Person? Slave Thomases' wife financially backs the Tea Party...proven!
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By: MeritaBread on 12/07/2010 12:34PM
I, too, took issue with the reference to Ms. Hill as being Thomas's "ex." That's why his lewd, obscene, lascivious behavior towards Ms. Hill was "sexual harassment." That she did not report his inappropriate, uninvited, unwelcome behavior towards her does not negate the fact that he did it. Ginni is just going to have to accept the fact that her husband is what he is.
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By: sdshorter on 12/07/2010 7:53PM
sounds more like Justice C is back at his old trick or treats? and maybe wifey is having a flashback and lashed out at the only person she could reach by phone that morning. I was in DC at the time and in the legal community and it was a running joke prior to the Hill incident that C was out there and although married to Becky he dated sistas on the low
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By: nomoxcuses on 12/07/2010 8:06PM
"was probably a mistake on my part."
Was that an apology?
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