Introduce Ethnic Minority Input to British History into the National Curriculum

Rejected 13 signatures

What the petition asks

Ethnic minorities have been documented in the British Isles for almost 2000 years. Yet, their representation in our history classes is negligible. The aim here is not to change history, but to complete it. I propose the introduction of Black Romans along with an emphasis on minority contributions.

Relaying an accurate representation of minorities in our history classes will act to ease racial tensions in years to come. The minority contributions I would like to emphasise pertain to the role of the colonies in the First and Second World Wars. Followed by a focus on the 1919 race riots and Windrush generations, who were crucial in filling the post-war labour shortage. The topics described should be introduced at appropriate ages of schooling and not confined to any specific month.

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 13

Status Rejected

Rejected 11 Jun 2020

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