urban youth
Metropolitan young person
Urban youth refers to young people living in cities, but the phrase often carries racial and socioeconomic connotations.
In American usage, it frequently serves as a euphemism for Black or Latino teenagers from low-income neighborhoods: programs targeting urban youth, urban youth culture.
The term can sound evasive or coded, attempting to discuss race without naming it directly.
- streetwiseShrewd from urban experience
- inner cityDense central metropolitan zone
- hip-hopRhythmic spoken-word music
- boom boxPortable cassette stereo
- graffitiIllegal surface markings
sneakers · high tops · hoodie · subway · skatepark · crew · slang · hustle · street corner · beats · corner · city block · block · city · concrete · basketball · pickup game · freestyle
- urban fictioncity life, street life, inner city, tenement life, street scenes
- citiesParis, London, Tokyo, New York, Los Angeles
- urban lifesidewalks, neighborhood, apartments, skyline, buses
urban, youth, urbane, urbanity, urbanize, urbanization, urbanized, suburban, suburbanite