Watch Claudia Rankine briefly discuss (in 3 min) an exchange she had with the photographer, Michael David Murphy of his image Jim Crow Road, and speak to why she included this image in her book.

Article "discusses how 'John Henryism,' a strong behavioral predisposition to cope actively with psychosocial environmental stressors, interacts with low socioeconomic status to influence the health of Afro-Americans. Focus on hypertension as a cause of disability and premature death; Scientific and folkloric background of John Henryism; John Henryism as it relates to the selected core values of American culture."
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Open episode 3, The House We Live In. This film asks, "If race is not biology, what is it? This episode uncovers how race resides not in nature but in politics, economics and culture. It reveals how our social institutions 'make' race by disproportionately channeling resources, power, status and wealth to white people."
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In an excerpt from an interview with Bomb Magazine, Claudia Rankine shares why Kate Clark's sculpture, "Little Girl", resonated with her and why she chose to include it in Citizen.