Submitted on Monday 8th June 2020
Rejected on Thursday 11th June 2020
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Teach British children about British Imperialism and Colonialism
To make British colonialism and imperialism a compulsory element of the national curriculum. The largest genocide to date is that of the black people but schools focus only on the holocaust when discussing genocides. Students need to learn about the grass roots of racism to end inequality.
In order to remedy racism that people from Black backgrounds experience, we need to teach the very grass roots that created the racism. British colonialism and imperialism is British history and should be taught alongside other British history. By excluding the evils of British Imperialism British children are robbed of understanding how colonialist ideology was implemented. This stunts the growth of racial equality in the UK and hinders the racial esteem of Black British children.
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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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