Teach the reality of Imperialism and Colonialism and UK Civil Rights movement.

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

The British education system has omitted atrocities that our country has committed during years of imperialism and colonialism. We brutalized, enslaved and stole. There is also little education on UK civil rights movement, implying we do not have a racist history here.
Teach our history honestly.

British children have a right to know that there was a civil rights movement in this country and that many of their bloodline will have supported it and caused positive change. They should also be taught to understand the realities of colonialism and condemn it.
Choosing to teach our shameful history in a positive light and completely omitting a pivotal part of pur modern history is to let white supremacy continue to thrive.

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

4 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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