Teach black history in schools e.g. slave trade and british involvement

Rejected 21 signatures

What the petition asks

Black history month is in some areas however part of the systemic problem is racism and black history is not taught in schools. We learn about WW2 but not the slave trade. Black lives matter has helped promote conversations now its time to make a change. This is how we can make change for the better

Information is power and causes change in society. Although we appreciate that we are in Europe and therefore our history is more euro centric. Teaching about slavery is an important sad part of british history and our involvement in India etc. We teach about WW2 atrocities so we should also teach this. By making a change the system it will allow people to have less prejudices against those of colour in our society and protect them against future racists remarks or issues as society understands

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 21

Status Rejected

Rejected 11 Jun 2020

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