As Dr. James saw it, John Henry Martin both won and lost his battle with the machine. Notably, like Dr. Brody, Dr. James found that working-class white Americans seemed unaffected by this phenomenon. Last month, Dr. Mujahid published findings from a study of a (needless to say, pale) population in Finland. “Because we called it John Henryism, it carried a strong connotation of being unique to black men. “The items that speak to John Henryism don’t speak to gender or race or socioeconomic status,” said Dr. Mujahid.

Source: New York Times January 27, 2017 09:27 UTC