Jessica Prois

Editorial director of @NBCAsianAmerica. Founder and former executive editor of HuffPost Asian Voices.

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@sakshi_saroja @NBCAsianAmerica @kimmythepooh lucky to be part of your incredible run at nbc sakshi! <3

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Amid the year-end busyness, I missed this @kimmythepooh story about allegations of unaddressed anti-Asian harassment at the Cy-Fair school district outside Houston.

It's worth a read if you missed it, too. https://t.co/RLhOJknVxo

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@mattlavietes So awful, sorry this happened Matt

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@gazelleemami yay gaz! <3

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As traditional U.S. malls struggle to reinvent themselves, those that cater to Asian customers are emerging as popular destinations that blend shopping and community. https://t.co/O1iLRZ8Vun

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This is so exciting. @NBCAsianAmerica has started a newsletter. Please sign up here: https://t.co/5NC4reyoRt
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There’s a new newsletter from @NBCAsianAmerica! Sign up now!

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Also in the letter, read Vivek's response to Ann Coulter's 'Hindu business' comments - @sakshi_saroja was first to get his team's response

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We started a newsletter on @NBCAsianAmerica! This week, read @sakshi_saroja on Ramaswamy and the debate, @kimmythepooh on Hawaiian sovereignty, @sahilkapur on AAPI voting power and @daysiatolentino on all-Asian friend groups. Sign up here! https://t.co/6LGM03oaRB

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🤬 “I was covered in dirt, ashes, my eyes, my mouth, everything. I was just so thirsty,” Cabrera, who entered a hotel in search of water, said. “And there were hundreds of tourists drinking, having fun and not even caring.”

[Kaniela Ing @KanielaIng]

This may be the best reporting on a climate disaster that I have ever seen. https://t.co/UfmWZZqQp8

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Some high profile Asian American leaders and groups say affirmative action ruling used the racial group as ‘pawns’ https://t.co/Wp1o0DWoJ5 from @kimmythepooh and @sakshi_saroja

[Kimmy @kimmythepooh]

I wrote about Don Tamaki, the 1 non-Black member of CA's reparations task force, who's known for his legal work in the Japanese American redress &reparations movement. He talked solidarity &why reparations for the Black community is a critical issue to JAs
https://t.co/uUFyz7bZFr

[Sakshi Venkatraman @sakshi_saroja]

Many Americans are getting their first taste of what coordinated, hyper-online Hindu nationalist attacks look like with the harassment of Sabrina Siddiqui. Experts expect this is just the beginning. I wrote about the Hindutva movement and how we got here:
https://t.co/jB5G5o1DkB

[Jessica Prois @JessicaProis]

Insanely good story from @sakshi_saroja on the new AsAm 3rd culture. Happy APAHM! 'The panic of opening an ethnic lunchbox in a crowded cafeteria is dead to them. It has been traded in for videos of their moms’ recipes narrated by artificial intelligence.' https://t.co/okNd1BZOmF

[Tom Namako @TomNamako]

'Beef' is a good show and here is a good article about it

How Netflix’s ‘Beef’ nailed the Korean American evangelical experience

https://t.co/8PIcWAQY77 via @nbcnews / @kimmythepooh @lalasoo

[Sakshi Venkatraman @sakshi_saroja]

Over the last year, I interviewed over a dozen Asian people in the U.S., posing them all one common question: Do you feel represented by the term “Asian American”? For brown, lower-income and minority Asians, the answer was overwhelmingly “No.” Here's why:
https://t.co/I2dlPkwxBl

[Sakshi Venkatraman @sakshi_saroja]

There’s a bill in the Texas Senate right now that would ban all Chinese citizens from buying property (even homes) in the state. I talked to Chinese Texans who are scared and in disbelief, but are fighting. The bill already has the support of the governor.
https://t.co/4qHQlf7KeW

[Sakshi Venkatraman @sakshi_saroja]

I got to chat with @RepRoKhanna about becoming the first Indian chair of the Congressional India Caucus. He told me about his goals, and I asked him about some of the things on our diaspora's mind (including rising Hindu nationalism and visa struggles.)
https://t.co/nTOPGhOx2H

[Jennifer Lee 🦁 @JLeeSoc]

“I would only hire Asians if I could,” a professor once told me. “You all are so hard-working.”

She meant it as a compliment.

“To some, Asian work matters more than Asian lives.” ~@mitrakalita @TIME
https://t.co/1cFl3sRIyp