<p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>An act or instance of erasing.</li><li>A place where something has been erased; a spot or mark left after erasing.</li><li>The exclusion of a minority group or group member from the historical record, or from the discussion of current events (e.g., black victim erasure in the crime-bill debate).</li><li>The replacement or whitewashing of a minority character or group with a member or members of the dominant cultural group in fictional representations of historical events (e.g., minority erasure in film).</li><li>The denial of an individual’s or group’s minority identity, or the misidentification of a minority group member (e.g., cultural erasure and white identity among Chicanos).</li></ul>