INCLUDE THE SUCCESS & OPPRESSION OF BLACK BRITISH PEOPLE IN NATIONAL CURRICULUM

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

The Government need to address and rectify the exclusion of the oppression of Black British People in the curriculum.
The curriculum needs to include the topic of racism and the oppression of black people in the UK as well as the US & include the accomplishments of Black British people.

By currently only including the oppression and racism that African Americans have experienced; it dissociates and desensitizes the United Kingdom into believing it's not complicit & rewrites history. The curriculum needs to educate children on the history of British Racism and how it has affected the country. It should also include the accomplishments and successes of the Black British community and the adversity they are still yet to overcome.

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

2 Jun 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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