YUP or Yuppie, short for "Young Urban Professional." This is what some people used to call minorities who were doing something for themselves. It is a term that's often used to describe a certain demographic pejoratively, with connotations of selfishness, materialism, and superficiality. Originally the term held some positive meaning, but quickly led to backlash against those that self-identified with the term. We don't appreciate the negative implications of that phrase, so we tweeked it.
Nowadays African American innovators prefer to be called:

Young Black Professional, which is not defined on Wikipedia. So let's break it down word by word:

Young (yŭng)
adj., young·er, young·est.

1. Being in an early period of life, development, or growth.
2. Newly begun or formed; not advanced: The evening is still young.
3. Of, belonging to, or suggestive of youth or early life: He is young for his age.
4. Vigorous or fresh; youthful.

Black (blăk)
adj., black·er, black·est.

1. A member of a racial group having brown to black skin, especially one of African origin.
2. An American descended from peoples of African origin having brown to black skin; an African American.


Pro·fes·sion·al (prə-fĕsh'ə-nəl)
n.

1. A person following a profession, especially a learned profession.
2. One who earns a living in a given or implied occupation: hired a professional to decorate the house.
3. A skilled practitioner; an expert.

You get the picture.


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