This petition was submitted during the 2019-2024 parliament
Rejected petition Teach black British history and colonialism in the UK school curriculum.
Teach schools about how Britain colonized countries & how Britain is racist. Teach about how black British people have been fighting against racism and the challenges they have endured. This is not a subject that is not relevant to the UK. Teach schools that black people and culture are important.
More details
I want Parliament to do this because it's something that I never learnt at school. It's not fair for this to be erased from history & not taught in schools. Black people are still being criminalized, discriminated against and abused. This is not ok. This part of Britain's history must be heard and cannot be whitewashed. Government needs to do this to contribute to eradicating racism and making a change. This could start by talking to young people about racism and about Britain's part in that.
This petition was rejected
Why was this petition rejected?
There’s already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.
You are more likely to get action on this issue if you sign and share a single petition.
You may wish to sign some of these petitions:
Add education on diversity and racism to all school curriculums: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/323808
Making the UK education curriculum more inclusive of BAME history: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/323961
Teach Britain's colonial past as part of the UK's compulsory curriculum: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/324092
We have also published several petitions about race and equality more widely, which you can view here: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions?state=open&topic=race-and-equality
We only reject petitions that don’t meet the petition standards.