by Sparkle Insights | Jan 19, 2023 | Asian American, Culture, Popular Culture
By Caitlyn Chun What exactly is the Chinese zodiac and how did it come about? The Chinese zodiac, sometimes referred to as Shengxiao (生肖, which literally translates as “born resembling”), is a cycle that lasts for a total of 12 years, and...
by Sparkle Insights | Jan 7, 2023 | Asian American, Culture, DEI, Multicultural Marketing, Popular Culture
By Brittany Chiu American Girl, the doll maker, recently just released their “Girl of the Year” for 2023. Her name is Kavi Sharma, short for Kavika. As you might have guessed from the name, Kavi is Desi. She’s from New Jersey and loves to sing...
by Sparkle Insights | Nov 28, 2022 | Asian American, Election, Politics
By Brittany Chiu Asian Americans as the Fastest-Growing Voter Bloc Asian Americans are the fastest-growing voter bloc. The 2020 election cycle and the 2022 midterm election exit polls proved that there is much-untapped potential. If both parties do not...
by Sparkle Insights | Nov 27, 2022 | Asian American, Culture, DEI, ERG, Multicultural Marketing
By Brittany Chiu I have a love-hate relationship with my name—Brittany. My father said that he liked the name for what it is, but I always suspected that it was because my older cousin is named Tiffany. I don’t think there is any name out there in the world...
by Sparkle Insights | Nov 22, 2022 | Asian American, Blog, Culture, DEI, Popular Culture
By Iris Yim According to the Census 2020, the Asian population in the US has grown 38.6% from 2010 to 2020. North Carolina is one of the states with the fastest growth rate in the Asian population (68.4%). One sign of the vibrant and growing Asian population in the...
by Sparkle Insights | Nov 2, 2021 | African American, Asian American
By Caitlyn Chun The Black Lives Matter (BLM) and Stop Asian Hate (SAH) movements not only underscore the complicated issue of racial relations in the US, the ingrained systematic racism but also inter-group bias and tensions between Asians and Blacks. From the LA...
