Submitted on Wednesday 3rd June 2020
Rejected on Thursday 11th June 2020
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Teach black British history and colonialism in the UK school curriculum.
Teach schools about how Britain colonized countries & how Britain is racist. Teach about how black British people have been fighting against racism and the challenges they have endured. This is not a subject that is not relevant to the UK. Teach schools that black people and culture are important.
I want Parliament to do this because it's something that I never learnt at school. It's not fair for this to be erased from history & not taught in schools. Black people are still being criminalized, discriminated against and abused. This is not ok. This part of Britain's history must be heard and cannot be whitewashed. Government needs to do this to contribute to eradicating racism and making a change. This could start by talking to young people about racism and about Britain's part in that.
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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.
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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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