To teach about racism in schools, particularly about introducing Black history.

Rejected 14 signatures

What the petition asks

I never learnt about racism in school, it's only something I have learnt as an adult. We are not born racist, it is something that we learn from our parents at a young age. We cannot change the opinion of those who are already, but we can teach younger generations as they will be our voice in future

With the recent events on protests in regards to "Black Lives Matter" and the murder of a man of colour in America, people have taken to the streets in the UK to protest. I feel that the protests will be forgotten, but feel the reason why they have protested shouldn't be. Racism is important and people should be educated in these matters, this is why I feel strongly about starting to add Racism education to the school curriculum

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

9 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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