A STUDENT from Oxford who called for education on diversity and racism to be added to the school curriculum has pipped a footballer to an award. In the aftermath of the George Floyd protests last summer, Cynthia Muthoni created a petition stating that classes about racism and diversity should be mandatory. Now, the 23-year-old has beaten Manchester United footballer Marcus Rashford to a campaign award. Miss Muthoni has been named alongside Nell Bevan, Esmie Jikiemi-Pearson and Yacoub Yasin as the inaugural winners of the Petition Campaign of the Year Award at the Your UK Parliament Awards. The four campaigners put forward petitions on the issue of black history and cultural diversity in the national curriculum.
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