Submitted on Sunday 7th June 2020
Rejected on Thursday 11th June 2020
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Give black history and systemic racism a more significant role in the curriculum
National Curriculum needs a mandatory inclusion of black history, diversity and systematic racism within all school subjects, all year around. English and social studies need compulsory incorporation of poetry and fiction focused on black authors and their experiences.
Britain benefited from colonialism and slavery for centuries, leading to oppression of BAME communities through systematic racism.
The British Empire has been glamorised and the global impact of Britain’s colonialism downplayed. The limited and historic lens adopted by the education system implies racism is an issue of the past.
We need to educate young people on how they can be involved in standing up against racism. Education can help to cure racism, the current system is failing to do so.
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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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