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John Henryism and the Life-Threatening Stress Affecting Black People in America

In America, black people are two to four times more likely to develop heart-related problems by age 50, and systemic racism may be to blame.

This article describes the history of John Henryism, referenced by Claudia Rankine in the first chapter of Citizen.

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“the case of the long island pin map plays a critical role in the emergence of breast cancer activism in long island. It also represents and early counter-narrative to the more common assumption of the authority of science as ‘enumerator’ and ‘interpreter’” (Diedrich, 201)

Image from: Huntington mapping project

Note: This is actually a GIS map of Breast Cancer in Huntington, Long Island - not the original Pin map which I had trouble finding 

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Images from: https://www.artandobject.com/shorts/beverly-fishman-conjures-chemical-sublime-kavi-gupta

“Further, the tracking of small changes to body and atmosphere across time and space can accumulate into a process I call the “chemical sublime,” which elevates minor enfeebling encounters into events that stir ethical consideration and potential intervention.” Page 2, Shapiro