Readings
For Those Harmed by Systems
The part easiest to remedy may not be the whole injury.
AI-drafted Reasoned position
Proposed form Not a report of established or tested use.
- Theme
- community
- Occasion
- After harm, if the person affected welcomes the words
What happened should be named at its actual size.
Not only the part that is convenient to remedy.
The time spent waiting belongs in the account.
So does the work of making someone listen.
An explanation is not yet a repair.
A repair does not purchase forgiveness.
Nobody here is required to make the story easier to hear.
Offer rather than impose this reading. Do not look to someone in the room to provide testimony. Where immediate help, an appeal or qualified advice is needed, the reading is no substitute.