EDUCATION
PERSONAL COMMITMENTS AND PETITIONS TO PROMOTE CHANGE
'Educational equality stands at the centre of our nation's growing effort to reform'
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Evidence of institutionalised racism in schools:
https://www.tes.com/news/are-britains-schools-institutionally-racist
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Blog post for teachers who want to hold 'themselves accountable for dismantling racial oppression'
Blog post titled 'Being Black in Britain: The Civil Rights Movement They Never Told You About'
Article 'Uncovering the brutal truth about the British Empire' by Marc Parry
Blog post titled 'Racism within the British schooling system' by Filsan Awil's personal experience. This website contains a collection of blog posts written by young people on important topics.
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The UK government credit themselves as having an inclusive curriculum because our education syllabus includes parts of Black history eg. the slave trade. However, unfortunately in 2014 ex-education minister Michael Gove overhauled the curriculum, insisting schools 'have a duty to actively promote the fundamental British values'. This meant getting rid of texts written by an array of diverse authors and replacing them with 'British classics'.
The English GCSE Curriculum doesn't include any work by Black British Women and yet statements by the government have described the curriculum as introducing 'pupils to the 'best' of what 'has been thought and said'. Why does the 'best' work not contain and reflect minorities authors? This petition aims to get 'Good Immigrant'(Nikesh Shukla) and 'Why I'm no Longer Talking to White People About Race' (Reni Eddo-Lodge) on the GCSE reading list, please click the link and read more on why this is important in order to change attitudes towards minorities.
Follow @theblackcurriculum which is an initiative that teaches Black history all year for children aged 8-16 but can also be used by adults for simple, informative insights into valuable history you might never have learnt!
@theblackcurriculum are also campaigning to teach Black history in schools and so if you want to support them use this link and email your MP with the pre-written email: https://www.theblackcurriculum.com/action
@fillintheblankuk- a useful source sixth form students campaigning to include the truth of colonialism in the British curriculum
@blackeducationmatters an informative page full of ways to educate your children and important information
@readbyrachelaa who shares literature and education on Black history
@divanificent helpful Black feminist historian and writer
Petition which wants to ensure Black British History is taught in schools.
This petition is to put white privilege and systemic racism as a compulsory part of British education
Petition to'put decolonisation on the Nation Curriculum and systemically ensure its teaching'. However, it's important to remember the education system isn't responsible for educating your children on everything. You can use this free course to learn about and teach colonial history yourself.
Petition to put the British civil rights movement on the curriculum. Again, you can learn and help teach this yourself!
This petition is to make anti-racism education compulsory in UK schools
This petition focuses on changing schooling to teach about racism in the US. They want a curriculum that encompasses: The history of racism as seen through out the United States,the history of racism as seen across the world, the effect that racism has had on the economy,how racism has integrated into society, how to be informed and respectful of another culture, how to use our history to support our future as a society, what racism is, how to understand it, and how to maintain awareness of it.
Educating yourself and your own children until there is change in the UK's systems and remember your actions act as examples. Stand up to racism has a selection of resources you can go through with your kids. 'Ain't No Black in the Union Jack' is recommended a book written by Paul Gilroy in which he explores the role of racism across the political spectrum, as well as relationship between racial and national identity.