I always hope that a sense of humanity will supersede the status quo

Health Policy
July 9, 2020

I look out at the world through bright blue eyes. Blonde hair. A skinny but shapely 19-year-old’s body. I know six languages. I am educated. I can prescribe medicine that saves lives. I am in love. I am a person.

I look down at the tattoo on my arm. A number— like cattle. My family is gone. My home destroyed. I am living in a small room— …

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I always hope that a sense of humanity will supersede the status quo