“As a result, Shakespeare’s plays are lauded as the pinnacle of literary genius, Mozart’s symphonies help to define which music is considered “classical,” and Warhol’s Campbell’s Soup Cans are taught as the standard for modern art. As art is a key component of culture, this Eurocentric view of literature and social studies removes Black contributions to the arts in a way that implies that Black people are, and have always been, a culturally deprived people. In this way, the mainstream curriculums of social studies and literature classes serve as a systemic form of cultural erasure.”