Acknowledgments -- 1 -- Introduction -- 2 -- The "Burden of Acting White" Hypothesis -- 3 -- Factors and Conditions that Affect the Achievement Levels of High Attaining Black Students: A Case Study of Two Urban Secondary Schools in the UK -- 4 -- The Effects of the Restructuring of Language in the Inner City -- 5 -- The Dysfunction of "bling bling": Black Consciousness and Black Achievement in the Age of Globalization -- References Cited -- Index.