Submitted on Wednesday 3rd June 2020
Rejected on Thursday 11th June 2020
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Teach British children about the realities of the British Empire and colonialism
The Government needs to make studying colonialism and the horrors of the British Empire a compulsory part of the history curriculum, both in primary school Key Stages 1 and 2, and in Key Stage 3 in order to give students an accurate representation of British history.
The Department for Education states that the history curriculum aims to provide a 'coherent, chronological narrative, from the earliest times to the present day'. By ignoring the reality of British history and colonialism between the 15th and 20th centuries, the current history curriculum completely masks the problematic domination of people, knowledge and their land that occurred by the British, allowing systemic racism to be maintained through white privilege and ignorance.
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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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