Make reading about modern & systemic racism a compulsory part of GCSE's

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

Update the GCSE syllabus to include texts about systematic racism today & more specifically in the UK, as well as further diversifying the list of authors.

In school we are often taught that structural racism ended with the Civil Rights Movement in the US. This serves to bury the UK's role in perpetuating white supremacy and anti-blackness, both then and now. By updating the education system we can actively tackle 'white blindness', shedding light on the covert racism that is perpetuated throughout society, rather than relying on generational change to drift vaguely towards racial equity and a deeper understanding of these issues.

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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