Clarence Thomas' new book, My Grandfather's Son, which has been described as an outlet for his unresolved anger and hurt feelings over his Supreme Court confirmation process, during which Anita Hill, a former staffer of his, lodged sexual harassment accusations against him, has detractors coming out of the woodwork to disprove his emotional assertions.

Certainly, Anita Hill wasn't going to sit idly by without comment. In a New York Times op-ed, she proves that she possesses the ability to get over the past (unlike our favorite Supreme Court Justice), but also defends herself against Thomas's attacks.

But I will not stand by silently and allow him, in his anger, to reinvent me.

In the portion of his book that addresses my role in the Senate hearings into his nomination, Justice Thomas offers a litany of unsubstantiated representations and outright smears that Republican senators made about me when I testified before the Judiciary Committee — that I was a “combative left-winger” who was “touchy” and prone to overreacting to “slights.” A number of independent authors have shown those attacks to be baseless. What’s more, their reports draw on the experiences of others who were familiar with Mr. Thomas’s behavior, and who came forward after the hearings. It’s no longer my word against his.

Such grace in the face of a character assassination she didn't deserve! If only someone could take a page from her book…

[NYT]