This petition was submitted during the 2019-2024 parliament
Rejected petition Make reading about modern & systemic racism a compulsory part of GCSE's
Update the GCSE syllabus to include texts about systematic racism today & more specifically in the UK, as well as further diversifying the list of authors.
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In school we are often taught that structural racism ended with the Civil Rights Movement in the US. This serves to bury the UK's role in perpetuating white supremacy and anti-blackness, both then and now. By updating the education system we can actively tackle 'white blindness', shedding light on the covert racism that is perpetuated throughout society, rather than relying on generational change to drift vaguely towards racial equity and a deeper understanding of these issues.
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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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