Rev. Sabrina S. Chan

Hi Tripp, I'm a reporter with the Guardian US, based in New York. I hope this finds you well. I'm reaching out about your most recent article and its inclusion of the claim, "Young Chinese women have small fingers." What is the source of this information? The full sentence attributes the claim that such small fingers make them "nimble" and therefore "valuable" to iPhone manufacturing to unnamed "supply chain experts", but it's unclear whether those same experts are the source of the claim that young Chinese women have small fingers in the first place. Are they? How do they know? Is there a study you can cite? And are we talking length? Circumference? Is it question of muscle strength? Or bone density? What is the normative range for finger size, to what extent do young Chinese women fall outside of it, and how do you - or your sources - know this?

Incidentally, how are you defining "Chinese" in this sentence? As I'm sure you and your supply chain experts know, China is a large country with dozens of ethnic minorities. It is hard to imagine that hand size is a trait linked to national identity, but the lack of specificity leaves the question open. Did hand size among Han Chinese living in Taiwan vs the PRC diverge after the civil war? Could this be a function of political economy rather than a genetic trait? So many questions. Relatedly, how are you defining "young"? Do Chinese women's fingers grow as they age? Or is size not actually the meaningful characteristic? It's hard to tell from the information you provided! I ask all these questions because unless you have answers to them, I am afraid that you may have portrayed racist pseudoscience as if it were fact in an article for the New York Times. If that wasn't your intent, I hope you will reflect upon the long history of certain forces using race science claims to attribute suitability for certain types of labor to certain types of people, and amend your article. Best, Julia Wong

welp I sent an email

“Young Chinese women have small hands”

Today, we remember Uvalde.

We remember the 19 children and 2 teachers who were mercilessly gunned down.

The kids who hid underneath their dead classmates to survive.

The parents who had to submit DNA to identify their own babies.

We need an assault weapons ban. Now.

BREAKING: From the UK 🇬🇧
Medical science is discovering a new fact when it comes to Covid vaccines.

Apparently, in individuals who were vaccinated and had a booster; studies have show they are 50%-65% less likely to have a heart attack or stroke compared to those who are unvaccinated.

Enjoy. 😎✨

The gutting of U.S.A.I.D. is likely to hinder recovery efforts in Myanmar.

“In the past, the United States would ‘almost invariably’ have sent search teams and released money to nonprofit organizations to aid survivors… Instead, on Friday, workers who remained at USAID received messages informing them of their ‘final mission’ and detailing the further elimination of jobs.”

Worth reading the thread

For folks who don’t know, ethnic studies programs like African American/Africana Studies, Asian American Studies, Chicano Studies and the like come directly from civil right era campus activism. Attempts to disempower such programs should be framed as attacks on civil rights same as much else rn.

USDA cancels $11 million in federal funding for North Carolina food banks The USDA has notified the North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services that it would terminate the agreement for the Local Food Purchase Assistance Program, which is one of the progr...

If you live in NC, call every Republican politician you know. Call every farmer you know and ask them to do the same

When money walks , voters talk. Make sure they know this effects everyone in their town and state

www.wunc.org/news/2025-03...

Asian Americans & Pacific Islanders | The United States Army U.S. Army Heritage Asian American & Pacific Islander Microsite | The United States Army

The Army just deleted without explanation its page about the 442nd “GO FOR BROKE” infantry regiment—the Japanese American WW2 unit that is the most decorated in US military history.

Archive is here:
web.archive.org/web/20250304...

Page was here:
www.army.mil/asianpacific...

Disgusting.

Called!

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Portuguese editorial cartoonist Zez Vaz reaches back to Tiananmen Square to call on American defiance.

looking back, AOL had it right. 30 hours of internet per month was the right amount.

MSU college abruptly cancels Lunar New Year event, citing Trump DEI orders - The State News MSU cancelled an annual Lunar New Year celebration following new executive orders targeting DEI and concerns from students.

Does it oppress white people when people of different cultures have parties celebrating their culture?

This is Phyllis Fong. I very much respect that she made them physically remove her from her office, which remains hers by right, because she hasn’t been legally terminated.

Americans will go on vacation to a place that isn’t a car sewer, walk and take public transit for 8-12 hrs. a day, notice a change in their health, and attribute it to “they must not have the Illuminati chemicals here”

Have you had ICE show up at your hospital? I'd love to hear from you, and I can protect your identity as needed. Email is melodyschreiber@proton.me and Signal is melodyschreiber.06. Please boost!

🚨 Today Target said it will end its three-year DEI goals, stop reports to external diversity-focused groups like the Human Rights Campaign's Corporate Equality Index and end a program focused on carrying more products from Black- or minority-owned businesses.
You guys know what to do?!

Jan. 19, 1930 | White Mobs Attack Filipino Farmworkers in Watsonville, California Learn more about our history of racial injustice.

On this day in 1930, mobs of up to 500 white people roamed Watsonville, California, and the surrounding towns and farms, attacking Filipino farmworkers and their property after Filipino men were seen dancing with white women at a newly opened local dance hall.

When folks mask during a wildfire it reminds me that

1) people still have masks around.

2) people are totally capable of masking.

3) people are only willing to mask if it means protecting themselves.

Americans are ~2.5x more likely to die in a crash than a Canadian, ~3.5x more likely than a Spaniard, and ~5x more likely than a Japanese person.

Here are a few of the articles I wrote in 2024 trying to understand why the US is uniquely terrible at road safety.

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Ford presents the F-150 as an enduring American icon, but its bloated design is a recent phenomenon.

In the 1970s, the bed comprised 2/3 of a F-150's length. Now it's just 1/3.

Axios: "Pickups transitioned from workhorses to lifestyle vehicles."

www.axios.com/2023/01/23/p...

just blurted out in class "yes, you have to cite where you got your info. in a world in which lying loudly is the only thing that seems to get rewarded, citing your sources is an act of resistance" and folks, I really believe that.

This was fascinating! (And to be clear, I know some characters but am nowhere close to literate in Cantonese or Mandarin)

Please tell your kids, every damn day if necessary, that chatGPT is not a goddamn search engine and you shouldn’t believe a word it says. Tell the adults too, but it’s especially imperative to inoculate kids against this

aw, love this for you and i will try to think 'nikki's happy' when it's cold like last week 🤣