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“Knowledge is vibration—when you know who you are, you can defend and heal yourself.”
- Howard Dean Johnson

Asked whether his work tackles psychological trauma, Johnson previews a forthcoming “Psychology of Racism” chapter in Volume II, and warns that most best-selling self-help books peddle remedies unfit for black realities. He argues that liberation demands a psychology rooted in black/African history, not European assumptions.

✅ Volume 2 preview: a full chapter on the psychology of racism and its impact on Black trauma
✅ Knowledge as shield: clear racial literacy suppresses the daily pressure of white supremacy
✅ Self-help book snake oil, and found toxic for back development
✅ One size doesn’t fit all: European clinical models can’t properly diagnose black experiences
✅ Call to build an African-centred psychology that speaks to our distinct history and needs

🗣️ Black minds deserve Black-centred healing—name the harm, choose the remedy.

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“It doesn’t matter how much formal schooling you have—if you don’t properly grasp race and racism, you’re racially illiterate.” – Howard Dean Johnson

In this short clip, Howard Dean Johnson explains why being educated doesn’t guarantee you understand race and racism. He warns that without a deep awareness of how race and racism functions psychologically, politically, and spiritually, you risk falling into racial illiteracy—a dangerous state for Black people navigating a white-dominated society.

✅ Why formal schooling doesn’t equal racial awareness
✅ The emotional & political toll of misunderstanding race
✅ How to confront racial illiteracy with honest Black Studies.

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"I won’t follow racist people. Karl Marx was racist." – Howard Dean Johnson

In this candid clip, Howard Dean Johnson explains why he does not embrace Marxism—highlighting Karl Marx’s racist views and the reality that race (not class) is the driving force of global oppression. He cautions Black scholars against adopting frameworks that ignore or minimize the power of racial hierarchy, arguing that Marxist class analysis misses the mark when it comes to the color line.

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“Religion can be liberty’s drum—or the master’s whip.” – Howard D. Johnson

Answering an audience challenge on faith, Johnson shows how organised religion—especially Christianity—has been weaponised to keep Black people obedient, yet also hides seeds of revolt.

✅ African Composite Religion: a survival blend of West African beliefs and imposed Christianity, masking African roots while pleasing colonial eyes
✅ Racism & Christianity: from the “slave Bible” to missionary classrooms, scripture was cherry-picked to sanctify bondage and docility
✅ Pew segregation & pigment hierarchy: lighter congregants ushered forward, darker worshippers shunted back—salvation sold by shade
✅ Liberation readings: rebels flipped Exodus and Revelation into freedom manifestos, proving faith can fuel resistance as well as repression

🗣️ Name the tool, strip its power—only then can belief truly set us free.

📖 Dive deeper in The Reproduction of Racism, Vol. 1—chapters “African Composite Religion” & “Racism in Christianity.” Subscribe for the next Q&A drop!

“Racism never dies—it just changes clothes.” – Howard Dean Johnson

In the opening segment of The Reproduction of Racism, the speaker traces how oppression constantly mutates—from 1990s U.S. war plans to today’s fascist uptick—showing that each era simply tailors the same old hierarchy to fit new times.

✅ PNAC’s 1997 document for unchallenged U.S. dominance
✅ Obama-era drone strikes & the missing Black agenda
✅ Trump’s plain-sight racism reviving fascist structures
✅ China’s Africa seen through Du Bois’s “colour-line” lens

🗣️ Racism is a shapeshifter—but naming each form is the first move toward dismantling it.

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"The West is built on racism. That’s a fact." – Howard Dean Johnson

Racism isn’t just about personal prejudice—it’s about power, control, and domination. In this blistering talk at the Black Police Association, Howard Dean Johnson breaks down how racism operates as a global system that dictates the lives of Black people, no matter where they are in the world. He exposes why diversity policies, inclusion programs, and equality laws do nothing to dismantle white supremacy and explains why many Black people are forced to “tone down” their discussions on racism to avoid white discomfort.

Key takeaways:

✅ Racism isn’t what you think it is—it’s a global system that controls every aspect of Black existence
✅ Why Black Studies is under attack and must be taken to the streets
✅ The mental impact of racism—how it creates racially illiterate Black people
✅ Why Black people are forced to “tone down” racism discussions around whites
✅ This talk is a must-watch for anyone serious about understanding racism beyond the surface level.

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“Most black adults are racially illiterate—knowledge is the cure.” – Howard Dean Johnson

Asked how to tackle crises like Congo’s M23 conflict and reach younger minds, Johnson argues that real power starts with racial literacy: a clear, book-deep grasp of Black history, theory and struggle.

✅ Racial literacy first: adults can’t teach what they don’t know—master the material, then mentor the youth
✅ Book-deep learning beats headlines: thousands buy titles but never read them cover to cover
✅ Black Studies boiled down: Johnson’s guide packs 10-plus disciplines into an accessible roadmap
✅ Age is no shield: you can be 18 or 80 and still racially illiterate—step up and study
✅ White definitions of racism mislead; an Afro-centric lens restores clarity
✅ Self-help bestsellers ignore black psychology—ditch them for sources that centre Black experience

🗣️ Racial literacy is the starting gun—level up, then lead the next generation.

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"Black people must move beyond Eurocentric thinking—we need our own theory of how we got here." – Howard Dean Johnson

✅ Do Europeans have spirituality? Understanding their belief systems
✅ The Iceman Theory & Out of Africa—do environmental conditions explain European behavior?
✅ Race vs. Humankind—breaking down the Dogon creation story
✅ The dangers of racial illiteracy—why many Black people still cling to European ideas
✅ Darwinism & White Supremacy—why we must develop our own African-origin theory

📖 Read The Racism Handbook & reclaim Black knowledge: theracismhandbook.com

Howard Dean Johnson introduces his new book: The Racism Handbook for People Classified as Black-A Guide to How Racism Really Works VOL: I. This publication is a Black Studies guide, presented through the lens of antiracism discourse.

The book is a concise book on ‘race’, racism, slavery, colonialism, post-colonialism, whiteness, and white supremacy with the focus on blackness and black people.

It explores the function of white domination in the overarching narrative of racialisation. The handbook gives solutions of self-determination and recognising cultural differences, through the focus on an understanding of aspects of ancient black history, and modern black history, black epistemology, and African cultural practise as a process of creating a way forward.

Introduction: The Reality of Racism
What is Race?
What is Racism?
Charles Darwin on Race
The Slave Trade: A Corrective
Reparations: Will We Ever Receive It ?
Racism in Christianity 
African Composite Religion
The Racialisation of Mixed Black and White Race People
Self-Help Books: Snake-Oil, Anti-Black Development 
Conclusion: Self-Determination: A Solution to the Global System of Racism

Howard Dean Johnson is an English teacher, researcher, activist, author and Black Studies teacher. As a social justice advocate, he is deeply committed to teaching the centrality of race to the making of the modern world. Graduating from University of Surrey and University College London, Johnson went on to engage himself in the community of antiracism, personal development, education, and motivation of black and African people.