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Decolonizing Therapy: Oppression, Historical Trauma, and Politicizing Your Practice by Jennifer Mullan, PsyD
In her book, Decolonizing Therapy: Oppression, Historical Trauma, and Politicizing Your Practice Jennifer Mullan states that we must hold white supremacy accountable, she discusses how white supremacy disconnects us from our humanity. Race is a social construct that was first named in 1795. Racism is race prejudice plus power over another. White supremacy is the result of colonization.
BIBLIOTHERAPY: My Grandmother’s Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending Our Hearts and Bodies by Resmaa Menakem
I originally read this book in 2020 as part of a year-long book study group. It was a pivotal time in history and catapulted my personal evolution in the realm of white supremacy culture, race relations in America, and somatics.