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Opinion: British Empire is still being whitewashed by the school curriculum – Dr Deana Heath on why this must changeThe Empire in red in 1886

Opinion: British Empire is still being whitewashed by the school curriculum – Dr Deana Heath on why this must change

Dr Deana Heath: Jeremy Corbyn has recently proposed that British school children should be taught about the history of the realities of British imperialism and colonialism. This would include the history of people of colour as components of, and contributors to, the British nation-state – rather than simply as enslaved victims of it. As Corbyn rightly noted: “Black history is British history” – and hence its study should be part of the national curriculum, not segregated in a single month each year.

Posted on: 8 November 2018