Submitted on Wednesday 3rd June 2020
Rejected on Thursday 11th June 2020
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Make the Slave Trade and the British Empire compulsory on the History curriculum
I want the government to make an aspect of the History curriculum more prescriptive by making the Transatlantic Slave Trade and the atrocities of the British Empire compulsory topics of study in the UK. Currently, the Holocaust is the only topic with this level of protection.
This petition is important so that all UK citizens understand the role of Britain historically and how Britain's interactions with the world, both good and bad, shaped the UK's identity today. It also gives students of a BAME background understanding of their own ancestral history and how it intertwines with British history generally, whilst allowing BAME students to gain a sense of identity and not allow people to strip of them of being British based on the colour of their skin.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
There's already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.
You are more likely to get action on this issue if you sign and share a single petition.
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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