This petition was submitted during the 2019-2024 parliament
Rejected petition Embed Black History in the national history curriculum
Introduce Black British History to the national curriculum to educate students about the Black community's experiences, hardships and oppression, and how they've led to the modern Black experience in Britain.
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The first step in changing Britain’s engrained racism is to educate children with a curriculum that is historically accurate, complete, and that acknowledges the oppression that Black people have faced in the UK. A history curriculum ignoring Black History creates children that are racially ignorant, a major factor that perpetuates racism in our society.
Some parts of the history will be uncomfortable to teach, but this is entirely necessary if we are to create a better future.
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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
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
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