if I was an public school English teacher, I might hesitate at using a book by a black woman with the same level of explicit content as a "canonical" one by a dead white guy. Because it is more likely to be censored or complained about.

I want to say "but that's why teachers need to push harder to include books by Black women and other non-dead-white-guy groups!" but I also know I couldn't bald-facedly tell someone to risk their job and career unless I could financially assist them.