The footballer Troy Deeney, who still receives regular racist abuse and who has three children in the UK education system, has called for Black experiences to be properly taught in class. It’s an issue I’ve long campaigned for.
Back in 2020, during the height of the Black Lives Matter protests, petitions were sent to the then education secretary, Gavin Williamson, for the national curriculum in England to include examples of Black history. The petition set up by my organisation, The Black Curriculum, gained more than 200,000 signatures.
