Emily Straus

Emily Straus is an associate professor at the State University of New York and the author of Death of a Suburban Dream: Race and Schools in Compton, California.

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Straight Outta Suburbia

A rap album made Compton an icon of urban decay, but the struggles of that California town are common to inner-ring suburbs.
- Emily Straus
- August 14, 2015