Submitted on Sunday 7th June 2020
Rejected on Thursday 11th June 2020
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Teach British Imperialism and Colonialism in Greater Depth at Secondary Schools
We wish to include specific historical events caused in part by actions of the British Empire (1600s-1997) in the national curriculum, for example, slave ownership and trade, famine in British territories resulting the death of millions, and violent reaction to uprisings against British authority.
While the national curriculum aims to teach pupils 'how Britain has influenced and been influenced by the wider world’, there is still much omitted from Britain’s colonial history.
By making the teaching of these past injustices mandatory in secondary schools we can change attitudes towards Black, Asian, and minority ethnic groups. We believe this will greatly contribute to effectively preventing the continuance of systematic racism, laying a firm foundation for an anti-racist society.
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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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