TY - GEN N2 - In this timely examination of children of immigrants in New York and London, Natasha Kumar Warikoo asks, Is there a link between rap/hip-hop-influenced youth culture and motivation to succeed in school? Warikoo challenges teachers, administrators, and parents to look beneath the outward manifestations of youth culture--the clothing, music, and tough talk--to better understand the internal struggle faced by many minority students as they try to fit in with peers while working to lay the groundwork for successful lives. AB - In this timely examination of children of immigrants in New York and London, Natasha Kumar Warikoo asks, Is there a link between rap/hip-hop-influenced youth culture and motivation to succeed in school? Warikoo challenges teachers, administrators, and parents to look beneath the outward manifestations of youth culture--the clothing, music, and tough talk--to better understand the internal struggle faced by many minority students as they try to fit in with peers while working to lay the groundwork for successful lives. T1 - Balancing actsyouth culture in the global city / DA - 2011. CY - Berkeley : AU - Warikoo, Natasha Kumar, CN - ProQuest Ebook Central CN - HQ796 PB - University of California Press, PP - Berkeley : PY - 2011. ID - 435978 KW - Youth KW - Children of immigrants KW - High school students KW - Assimilation (Sociology) KW - Academic achievement KW - Group identity SN - 9780520947795 TI - Balancing actsyouth culture in the global city / LK - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/usiricelib-ebooks/detail.action?docID=646812 UR - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/usiricelib-ebooks/detail.action?docID=646812 ER -