Teach British children about British Imperialism and Colonialism

Rejected 19 signatures

What the petition asks

To make British colonialism and imperialism a compulsory element of the national curriculum. The largest genocide to date is that of the black people but schools focus only on the holocaust when discussing genocides. Students need to learn about the grass roots of racism to end inequality.

In order to remedy racism that people from Black backgrounds experience, we need to teach the very grass roots that created the racism. British colonialism and imperialism is British history and should be taught alongside other British history. By excluding the evils of British Imperialism British children are robbed of understanding how colonialist ideology was implemented. This stunts the growth of racial equality in the UK and hinders the racial esteem of Black British children.

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

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

Key facts

Signatures 19

Status Rejected

Rejected 11 Jun 2020

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