Jana Johnson Healing Works

This is a page in progress as I am still learning and exploring. As I know more I will share more. In the meantime, I offer these resources for your own exploration. Many are focused on black racism in the USA, but not all. I am trying to expand more and am looking for the best ways to be involved in change immediately and for the long haul, with my available skills and knowledge. I encourage you to do the same. 

This list of resources has been compiled from a variety of sources. I cannot name all sources because many claim the info was milled from yet other sources. I present these to help lead others to knowledge, not as the fruit of my efforts. The gathering of info and links took hours and there may be some mistakes. Please send me a note if you find any. 

Reading and watching the below can be very uncomfortable. I encourage you to tolerate the discomfort, feel it in your body, work it through your mind, and come through it a more compassionate, knowledgeable and activated human being. I have not personally researched every one.Take what resonates for you. Also be aware that the mind can only process so much. Do you take in more information visually, auditorily, through reading? Start with that format so you can begin to hear new language, new ideas, and then venture out from there. 

ARTICLES:

• This is an article written by a writing coach. I found it personally helpful in looking at my own triggers when I hear the words "white fragility", "spiritual bypass" and "white privilege".
  • http://leesareneehall.com/expressivewriting-prompts-to-use-if-youve-been-accused-of-whitefragility-spiritualbypass-or-whiteprivilege/?fbclid=IwAR1ZCN65y9GRdqHVv6s2aXe6YHZn39bgNbLpTipf5cHfw60oMHfCnpsyCg8
•  This article takes a different perspective on "white fragility", and makes points around the idea that the book by the same name in particular, talks down to black people.   
  • https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/07/dehumanizing-condescension-white-fragility/614146/

• This is a good article about what to do if you are witness to altercations.
  • https://www.ihollaback.org/bystander-resources/?fbclid=IwAR1hJBUU5Nvpq28xNJvsVwExF00IQ6_JIje5nhge-NujV4BQ9VPE9CfBEt0
• This article explains redlining. "During the Great Depression, the government wanted to understand which houses were likely to default or be at risk of foreclosure, so assessors from the HOLC surveyed neighborhoods’ property values. Based on their findings, the HOLC drew boundaries around desirable and undesirable neighborhoods—neighborhoods with the worst ratings were colored red, hence “red-lining.” (Conversely, a “good” rating was green). Ultimately, white and wealthier neighborhoods got better ratings than poorer neighborhoods home to mostly people of color."
  
  
  • https://www.apartmenttherapy.com/red-lining-36762878?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=managed&fbclid=IwAR18JaFAQOhnPChimeMBk_AWuD99PL8P5DwsuMxaD6HpIHmQOTBSxIAR1R4
• This is a really good page of a variety of resources around the expanded topic of racism and its history: 
  • https://whiteawake.org/self-education/themes-and-resources/?fbclid=IwAR2Kg7bRcdCM4VtbXGy_FWu_ZKtcmerudQ7pBdsP_PZKmp7a3F1djTMqnVI