Educating people in the U.K. about Black history in the school curriculum

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

In light of recent events, we have to strive for more change. Black British history is non existent in the curriculum and it’s not enough to be taught purely about white history when black people have existed in the U.K. for centuries.

At the age of 16 when I studied A Level History, it was the first time I’d heard anything about black culture in British history. Prior to that I’d never heard anything apart from consistently being reminded of slavery and the civil rights movements as if that’s all we’ve ever existed from when there is so much more and we need to change that. It’s 2020 - we need to start properly educating this country. Education is power. Education is key.

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

You may wish to sign some of these petitions:

Add education on diversity and racism to all school curriculums: Add education on diversity and racism to all school curriculums

Making the UK education curriculum more inclusive of BAME history: Making the UK education curriculum more inclusive of BAME history

Teach Britain's colonial past as part of the UK's compulsory curriculum: Teach Britain's colonial past as part of the UK's compulsory curriculum

We have also published several petitions about race and equality more widely, which you can view here: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions?state=open&topic=race-and-equality

Timeline

31 May 2020	Petition opened for signatures
11 Jun 2020	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 21

Status Rejected

Rejected 11 Jun 2020

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