Submitted on Tuesday 2nd June 2020
Rejected on Thursday 11th June 2020
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Implement Black History as a compulsory topic on the National Curriculum
Racism is inherent and structural. It is built into society. One of the biggest forces we have for change, over the long term, is education.
Young people in schools shouldn’t just be taught about tolerance and respect for all.
They need to understand the history; Black history.
Black history should be taught as part of the national curriculum. It’s imperative, if we’re ever to see sustained change, to educate young people about race, racism, the history of racism, the slave trade, white privilege and what this history means for society today.
This affects us all. It affects all of our futures. It is imperative in overcoming inequity, inequality, and injustice to make Black History a compulsory component of the National Curriculum.
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You may wish to sign some of these petitions:
Add education on diversity and racism to all school curriculums: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/323808
Making the UK education curriculum more inclusive of BAME history: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/323961
Teach Britain's colonial past as part of the UK's compulsory curriculum: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/324092
We have also published several petitions about race and equality more widely, which you can view here: petition.parliament.uk/petitions?state=open&topic=race-and-equality
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