Abstract This paper is based on articles that seek to bring out a contrast between the concepts of cultural pride and cultural baggage. One of the articles that was written by Kincaid gives her experiences in England which portrays her cultural baggage as she finds it quite hard to fit in this society and to adopt a similar culture as the local people in this society. Another article, which was written by Pells, talks about the American Culture. It is pointed out in this article that the American culture is no longer a dominant culture in the nations of the world. Globalization has enabled nations to develop cultural pride and this has contributed to the development of local cultures within nations. Introduction Before considering the definitions for the concepts, “cultural pride” and “cultural baggage”; there is need to consider what culture is. This term can mean a large number of things and it is a concept that can be given various definitions. Among the simplest and all-inclusive ways to consider the term “culture” is to think of it as, the whole lifestyle of a group of people. Focus can be put on the aspects of culture that are linked to the code of behavior, communication, social and business relations, and other elements decisive to nurturing understanding and awareness in the continuously growing global community. Cultural pride is a concept that refers to being proud of your own culture as well as traditions. However, by one being proud of his or her culture, this doesn’t mean anything if that person is not able to express important aspects of his or her traditions. Being proud of a certain ethnicity implies spreading cultural understanding to the community through leadership, willpower, devotion, and enthusiasms. On the other hand, cultural baggage is defined as the tendency for a person’s culture to saturate thinking, talking, and behavior without the person having awareness of this. Cultural baggage turns out to be a factor at a time an individual from one culture comes across another individual from a different culture, and their interaction can interfere with their behaviors or assumptions, which are made in an unconscious way. Cultural baggage is a thing that is carried by a person all the time and can turn out to be a burden to the person, preventing him or her from moving from one place to the other. Both cultural pride and cultural baggage have a great influence on the way people conduct themselves within a particular society. However, there is greater possibility for the cultural baggage to have a negative influence on a person living in a new society by him being discriminated against due to the cultural differences that he carries with him. On the other hand, cultural pride can influence one positively because one is proud of his or her culture and is able to express important aspects of his traditions. Through this, one is able to achieve his goals without any fear. Cultural Pride and cultural baggage People around the world have what is referred to judgmentally by scholars as ‘cultural baggage’; the assortment of hardwired memories, beliefs, emotions, and other behaviors and patterns which give people their fundamental identities. Human