Introduce the real black history into the curriculum

Rejected 13 signatures

What the petition asks

Include the countries from the commonwealth that helped in World War Two and also stop starting black history with slavery. This gives black people an inferior complex from an early age. As it gives the impression that our history only started with slavery and only Britain and America won the war

Change the curriculum being more inclusive about the war, giving credit to all the counties who helped in the war, especially the 1.5 million Indian troops. To include The reason the commonwealth started. Including black ancient history like the temples and teaching of Timbuktu rather than the story of slavery. Black history is not a story of struggle and needs to be reflective in the curriculum. History needs to be told correctly so that children do not grow up thinking they are superior

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

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 Jul 2020	Petition opened for signatures
23 Jul 2020	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 13

Status Rejected

Rejected 23 Jul 2020

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