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Natasha Roy

Natasha Roy

Natasha Roy is an Indian American freelance journalist who has reported from Atlanta, New York, and Ghana. She covers Asian American communities and public education, and has written for several publications, including NBC News and Inc. Magazine. When she’s not writing, she can be found collecting joker cards or perfecting her brownie recipe.



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The Cheetah Girls: One World (2008) (Disney)

“The Cheetah Girls: One World,” 13 Years Later

The movie is a classic problematic fave: it used India as a mere exotic backdrop, but still gave us some of our first Indian crushes in U.S. television.

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U.S. Senator Kamala Harris (Gage Skidmore)

Kamala Harris Leaves Young South Asians Divided

Though Harris is ranked as the most progressive senator in Congress today, Gen Z South Asians are less forgiving of her record as attorney general.

Natasha Roy
BuzzFeed creative producer and TikToker Swasti Shukla (@iamswastishukla) makes both universally relatable and South Asian-specific TikToks, drawing on her upbringing to help her content hit home. (Swasti Shukla)

The Diaspora on Brown TikTok

South Asian Americans are navigating the fine line between sharing funny videos and perpetuating stereotypes.

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