Asian Pride - Popularity Among Asian American Youths

Popularity Among Asian American Youths

Currently, Asian American youth are seen to be largest group of persons aware of the term.

Much of the term's recent popularity among Asian American youth is believed to have stemmed from lyrics by a popular rap song titled "Got Rice?" The song, Got Rice?, is an overlay of African American hip-hop artist Tupac Shakur's song Changes, and preaches, in American rap-style, the claimed superiority of Asian values over those of other ethnic groups.

'Asian pride' is known to be often employed by Asian American youth to describe a sense of connection to other Asians, even if their countries of origin may potentially differ. The term 'Asian Pride' is often written in camelcase and/or spelled in variant forms such "AZN Pryde." or AP for short.

In North America, Asian pride is often exhibited by those with ancestry in East Asia, Southeast Asia or a combination of both. In Britain, the term appears not only with those whose ancestry originates from East Asia, Southeast Asia or a combination of both, but also by those with South Asian ancestry (as a result of a high South Asian immigrant population).

Asian pride is generally a phase of many Asian youth, particularly of middle or high school ages, when the urge to be 'part of something' is greatest. Typically, North American youth of Asian origin will outgrow "Asian pride", as such sentiment tend to be divisive and limited in the multicultural environment that is experience by most youth in university or in the workplace.