Submitted on Monday 15th June 2020
Rejected on Thursday 18th June 2020
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Make cultural studies compulsory in schools
The government should make it compulsory in schools to learn about different cultures outside of British history, colonial history and black slavery. We should cover cultural traditions around the world and a brief look at each cultures' history to pique interest and create better understanding.
We are taught about different cultures in a degrading way, as countries that were colonized and enslaved. In light of the BLM, to combat racism we need to provide education, to allow interest and understanding of cultures, to humanize other cultures and empower people of colour.
Often racism stems from ignorance, but the solution isn't just to teach about why it is bad, but get to the root cause and show that there is more to each culture, this will teach appreciation for diversity.
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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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We have published the following petitions, which you might like to sign:
Reform the National Curriculum on the basis of equality and BAME representation: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/324690
Making the UK education curriculum more inclusive of BAME history: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/323961
Make black history a compulsory part of the national curriculum for all ages: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/323654
Teach Britain's colonial past as part of the UK's compulsory curriculum: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/324092
Add education on diversity and racism to all school curriculums: petition.parliament.uk/petitions/323808
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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