To provide some examples of how ingrained eurocentrism is in U.S. education, I want to provide some examples. As an English major with a concentration in world literature, I should be reading literature from all over the world. But:

In my Religion and Literature class, we only read books on Christianity and Judaism.
In my Comparative Literature class, the only books we have read so far this semester are three on the Holocaust.

Women's Fiction: Jane Eyre by Bronte, The Bell Jar by Plath, The Awakening by Kate Chopin. We did read, however: Quicksand by Larson, and Shange's For Colored Girls who have Considered Suicide when the Rainbow is Enuf (African American lit); The Autobiography of my Mother by Kincaid (Caribbean lit); Kingston's The Woman Warrior (Asian American lit), and Persepolis by Satrapi (Iranian lit). This does show an attempt to diversify the curriculum, and that is appreciated. However, where on this syllabus is literature from Latin American writers? Some examples of authors to be considered are Allende, Cisneros, and Alvarez. But again, Latin American voices are continually silenced and/or forgotten, which is particularly disconcerting considering the changing demographics of the U.S. and the growing number of Latinos/as.

I have been forced to take an Early British lit class and an Early American lit class- these are requirements for every English major. One course in alternative canons is required, but the overwhelming majority of literature chosen is from the eurocentric perspective.