We have a history of gender and racial bias on our court that continues to undermine the system. Excluding individuals based on race is antagonistic to the pursuit of justice.

When I think of what has happened in a larger sense, beyond myself, then I would not change anything.

I see myself as an educator.

I work every day to live up to my mother's model. She was a very proud woman. And she really prepared me to go off into the world as a proud daughter.

We've got to understand that all disenfranchised people have something in common...The pursuit of justice really is about equality for everyone.

One of the things I was taught in law school is that I'd never be able to think the same again - that being a lawyer is something that's part of who I am as an individual now.

I have no personal vendetta against Clarence Thomas. I seek only to provide the committee with information which it may regard as relevant