Uploaded July 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
In this moving reflection, Dr. Jennifer Mullan speaks about the histories many families carry in their bodies.
She shares how, in her own lineage and in the lives of many Black and Brown families, survival often meant moving closer to whiteness, distancing oneself from ancestral languages, traditions, identities, and ways of being in order to navigate a culture shaped by racial violence.
This was a survival in a world that repeatedly taught them they were unsafe.
Dr. Mullan connects this to the Palestinian experience, reminding us that when a people's humanity is denied, their struggle is never only political, it is deeply psychological, relational, and embodied.
This is why psychology is always political and why survival itself can become a form of resistance.
#JenniferMullan #SamahJabr
#WhatOccupationDoesToTheSoul #DecolonialMentalHealth
#LiberationPsychology #CollectiveHealing #SANDCommunity
In this moving reflection, Dr. Jennifer Mullan speaks about the histories many families carry in their bodies.
She shares how, in her own lineage and in the lives of many Black and Brown families, survival often meant moving closer to whiteness, distancing oneself from ancestral languages, traditions, identities, and ways of being in order to navigate a culture shaped by racial violence.
This was a survival in a world that repeatedly taught them they were unsafe.
Dr. Mullan connects this to the Palestinian experience, reminding us that when a people's humanity is denied, their struggle is never only political, it is deeply psychological, relational, and embodied.
This is why psychology is always political and why survival itself can become a form of resistance.
#JenniferMullan #SamahJabr
#WhatOccupationDoesToTheSoul #DecolonialMentalHealth
#LiberationPsychology #CollectiveHealing #SANDCommunity
