Make Black History mandatory learning in schools. · petition

What the petition asks

Add black history to school's curriculum. Add books by black authors about race to required reading lists. Educate students on not just the statistics of slavery, but the social repercussions that entailed. Make sure students understand white privilege and how it affects white and black people.

Ignorance births racism. Our country has a long and cruel history of treating black people as less than, and we owe it to our black friends, family and colleagues to educate ourselves and each other so that racial ignorance can end. We have mistreated black people for too long, and educating our young people on race history, white privilege and race today is a great stride to take in fighting racism in the UK.

Why it was rejected

There was already a petition about this issue. Duplicates are rejected so signatures collect in one place.

We have published the following petitions, which you might like to sign:

Reform the National Curriculum on the basis of equality and BAME representation: Reform the National Curriculum on the basis of equality and BAME representation

Making the UK education curriculum more inclusive of BAME history: Making the UK education curriculum more inclusive of BAME history

Make black history a compulsory part of the national curriculum for all ages: Make black history a compulsory part of the national curriculum for all ages

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

Add education on diversity and racism to all school curriculums: Add education on diversity and racism to all school curriculumsS

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

15 Jun 2020	Petition opened for signatures
18 Jun 2020	Rejected by the Petitions Committee