This petition was submitted during the 2019-2024 parliament
Rejected petition Teach the reality of Imperialism and Colonialism and UK Civil Rights movement.
The British education system has omitted atrocities that our country has committed during years of imperialism and colonialism. We brutalized, enslaved and stole. There is also little education on UK civil rights movement, implying we do not have a racist history here.
Teach our history honestly.
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British children have a right to know that there was a civil rights movement in this country and that many of their bloodline will have supported it and caused positive change. They should also be taught to understand the realities of colonialism and condemn it.
Choosing to teach our shameful history in a positive light and completely omitting a pivotal part of pur modern history is to let white supremacy continue to thrive.
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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
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