Changes in attitudes toward sexual harassment in the workplace in the past 15 years might easily boil down to a tale of two Thomases: Clarence and Isiah.
The crude insults and unwanted advances outlined in the case against New York Knicks coach Isiah Thomas must have sounded familiar to anyone who watched law professor Anita Hill accuse then-Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas of sexual harassment 16 years ago.
And while the outcomes of the two cases couldn't be more different, that early accusation helped lead to a sea change that paved the way for Tuesday's eye-popping $11.6 million verdict for the Knicks' accuser, according to Columbia University law professor Suzanne Goldberg.
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