Sunday, October 04, 2009. To engage in risky acts. In our well-intentioned haste to combat and redeem the causes of this structural violence and restore agency to those victimized, have we instead stolen their agency by suggesting that sole responsibility lies with the structure leaving no responsibility with the community or individual? My caution is only to recognize that often the source of violence .

Cap and gown on, waiting in line for convocation. Nervous, sweating a little, I open the folder to look at the parchment. The same thought washed over me as it did on the first day of medical school. There must have been some sort of mistake. How on earth did this happen? This is my attempt to recognize humanity in all its grittiness, both my own and that of the people I interact with.