Rejected petition Teach black history in the curriculum including PRE-SLAVE TRADE African history

We don’t just want a black history month, we want black history to be incorporated into the curriculum. There’s more to black history than just slavery, we want pre-slavery history to be taught. We want students to be taught about Africa before it was colonised.

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We want the Government to do this, as the curriculum is very Eurocentric at the moment despite the U.K. being so multicultural. It would also be a way of combatting racism within the system, as people will become more aware of black history.

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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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Date submitted 8 June 2020
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