Give black history and systemic racism a more significant role in the curriculum

Rejected 14 signatures

What the petition asks

National Curriculum needs a mandatory inclusion of black history, diversity and systematic racism within all school subjects, all year around. English and social studies need compulsory incorporation of poetry and fiction focused on black authors and their experiences.

Britain benefited from colonialism and slavery for centuries, leading to oppression of BAME communities through systematic racism.
The British Empire has been glamorised and the global impact of Britain’s colonialism downplayed. The limited and historic lens adopted by the education system implies racism is an issue of the past.
We need to educate young people on how they can be involved in standing up against racism. Education can help to cure racism, the current system is failing to do so.

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

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

Key facts

Signatures 14

Status Rejected

Rejected 11 Jun 2020

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