According to the dictionary, “erasure” is defined as the removal of writing, recorded material, or data. Part of this definition is also considered the removal of all evidence or traces of an item or something – – in other words, complete obliteration.
And almost every side of peoples or culture or group of people, it’s history is its foundation. The accomplishments and existence along the lines of one’s historical context establishes it. For example, approximately 30 state legislatures in the United States have introduced bills to silence and practically stop educators from discussing racial history and several subtopics related to race, according to the American Civil Liberties Union podcast titled, “The Movement to Erase Black History and Culture.” The podcast released in February 2022 discusses the tactics of political and racial fear mongering. If one is not able to trace its origin or document, its historical lineage, that would seem to lead self to the thought that it never existed or that it is not valid. That is why the issue of erasure – – especially with the context of social studies and history and almost any other subject must be addressed. For centuries, the oral traditions and history of a people were recorded. If the people who are tied to that culture are no longer able to pass down the oral traditions, or if that sort of people cannot find itself in books, or in the histories recorded by those of the majority – – then it runs the risk of being wiped out, or in other words erased.
Almost as important as the issue of erasure is the lens of research within the subject of social studies and history‘s and almost any other subject as mentioned earlier. Well, it may be difficult for the classroom teacher to research it is totally possible for the classroom teacher or professor to be the impetus for research. There are some terms that educators may want to make themselves familiar with as they teach this unit, as well as for the expansion of their educational toolboxes.