While carrying "valley girl" overtones of the overly materialistic and style-conscious egotist,[1] 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.
[5] BAPs often later become members of The Girl Friends, Inc. or The Links, Incorporated,[3] and pass in black enclaves of Sag Harbor, New York, or Oak Bluffs, Massachusetts.
Many BAPs have friends in a variety of organizations, include Sigma Pi Phi fraternity and the National Association of Guardsmen, Inc.
[6] According to the guide, a black American princess is a pampered female of African-American descent born to upper-middle- or upper-class families.
The character of Hillary Banks (played by Karyn Parsons) from The Fresh Prince of Bel Air is a stereotypical "BAP".