Submitted on Tuesday 16th June 2020
Rejected on Tuesday 7th July 2020
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: duplicate (see below for details)
Teach more black history and valuable information in schools.
Change the curriculum in schools to teach children more about Black History in-depth and other relevant things that are happening today such as the war in Yemen. The school is teaching censored topics when what they should be teaching is the whole truth especially for older years in secondary.
I want children of this generation to be the ones that bring change upon this racist world. For them to actually appreciate the culture, history, their ancestors. For them to know slavery wasn't a 'long time ago' as some people like to state and they shouldn't just need to 'get over it' because it is a staple in history and in many lives. They need to know what happened after slavery. Segregation, night downtowns, lynching and the introduction of the KKK and other Far Right neo-Nazis movements which are still active today and children are unaware they have grown up thinking the world is perfect. Well, it isn't and it is not a happy, absolute place they are told it is. Black children and children of colour are not learning about the horrific things their ancestors went through.
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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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