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British Empire has on the UK National Curriculum since 1988 and was taught in history classes before the introduction of the National Curriculum. This is conveniently forgotten by people looking to make a point. My impression is that a certain type of Brit likes to play this "I'm one of the good ones" role where they admonish their compatriots' ignorance as a strange virtue signal. It involves collecting damning factoids about the worst aspects of of empire (bengal, irish conflicts, slavery etc) with little interest in the subject as a whole.