This petition was submitted during the 2019-2024 parliament
Rejected petition For the black holocaust to be taught in schools, and museums dedicated to it.
For the education board, and for museums association to introduce the genocide of 15 million Conglese Africans by Leopold ll as part of the curriculum, in the same way that the Jewish Holocaust is, plus open black holocaust museums around the UK
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Black communities are still suffering from the consequences of institutional and systemic racism, and calls for change are not being heard or met quick enough. The black holocaust has been completely ignored. Colonialism is still pushed as a positive, with the consequences of colonialism casing the death and misery of black people completely ignored.
This petition was rejected
Why was this petition rejected?
It’s about something that the UK Government or Parliament is not directly responsible for.
The Government is responsible for the national curriculum, but is not responsible for opening museums, or determining what museums choose to exhibit. This is a decision for individual museums.
We have published the following petitions, which you might like to sign:
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/324092S
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.