User:ShantiKV/Black American princess

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While carrying valley girls overtones of the overly materialistic and style-conscious egotist, the term has also been reclaimed as a matter of racial pride to cover an indulged, but not necessarily spoiled or shallow, daughter of the emerging Buppies or black urban middle class. As Black women it demonstrated that they can uphold a wealthy position and it made black women feel included of being in a role as a "wealthy princess." At best, such figures carry with them through life a sense of civic pride, and of responsibility for giving back to their community.

History
To look at what the term and stereotype "black american princess" has become, we must first look at what the stereotype originated from. The term "black american princess," or BAPs, can be rooted back to the end of segregation. After segregation ended, the children of the black community were put into predominantly white schools and were able to take advantage of the opportunities they were given. The BAP stereotype can be seen as linked to the "dumb blonde" stereotype associated with white women. On top of being board line a "dumb blonde" for the black community, the history is also linked to being on the edge of arrogant and pompous.

Their are different types of BAPs and all of this is determined based on their personality for ex, their can be corky, nerdy, and mean BAPs. Stereotypically, younger BAPs are often members of Jack and Jill, a social and civic organization for upper-middle-class African American youth. BAPs usually then go on to attend a "black Ivy" institution such as Spelman College, Hampton University, or Howard University where many of them join either Alpha Kappa Alpha or Delta Sigma Theta sorority