The Hip-Hop Generation Fights Back: Youth, Activism and Post-Civil Rights PoliticsFrom youth violence, to the impact of high stakes educational testing, to editorial hand wringing over the moral failures of hip hop culture, young people of color are often portrayed as gang affiliated, "troubled," and ultimately, dangerous. The Hip Hop Generation Fights Back examines how youth activism has emerged to address the persistent inequalities that affect urban youth of color. Andreana Clay provides a detailed account of the strategies that