Introduce unbiased history education covering origins of racism and slavery · petition

What the petition asks

Currently, the history of slavery is a very sparsely covered subject in schools. Slavery goes back thousands of years but is currently believed to have been invented by white people and that white people are those solely responsible for the transatlantic slave trade.

The current protests demonstrates that young people need to know the truth. I have been amazed to find that young people are very angry at white ancestors thinking that they invented slavery with the transatlantic slave trade, and that they can not accept that african ancestors were just as responsible and even opposed the abolishment as ‘the white man’ made them rich. I also think that the Spanish Inquisition should be covered especially as scholars believe it was the beginnings of racism.

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 curriculums

Timeline

29 Jun 2020	Petition opened for signatures
7 Jul 2020	Rejected by the Petitions Committee