Through the fire : how pretext impacts the context of African American educational experiences -- Dealing with cultural collision : what pre-service educators should know -- Leadership in the eye of the storm : challenges at the intersection of urban schools and cultural collusion -- The ramifications of cultural collision and collusion : how young Black males are being ushered out of education -- From notions of "acting white" to thug theology : the impact on adolescent Black males' educational achievement -- Hip-hop vs. the schools : educators' perceptions of the impact of hip-hop culture on students -- Constructing a positive intrasection of race and class for the 21st century -- Afterword : in honor of the hip-hop culture beyond the "blame game" / Festus E. Obiakor.