1 . Introduction
This report stems from the “ Trans-Atlantic Racial Redress Network ” project , an initiative that emerged from the “ African-American Redress Network ” project led by Columbia University ( NY ) and the Thurgood Marshall Civil Rights Center of Howard University , which aims to map and promote reparations for people , families or groups who suffer or have suffered from historical racial injustices in the United States . [ 1 ]
There was an attempt to reproduce and adapt the project , initially conceived for the US context , to the European context , in a collaboration that started in 2021 between the NIOD Institute and The European Observatory on Memories , with mappings for the Dutch and Spanish cases . A first report emerged from this collaboration [ 2 ], which was presented with others in 2022 in the Historical Dialogues conference , held in Amsterdam and , subsequently , in the conference on historical justice and colonialism “ Reparant el passat ” held in Barcelona in October 2022 [ 3 ]. This initial report provided a work base and a preliminary methodology that EUROM has decided to continue to develop through a second more comprehensive and detailed report . Our aspiration is that this second report will become a solid and accessible work base for the general public . On the one hand , it seeks to raise awareness about reparation issues related with colonialism and slavery , which remain current political and social phenomena . On the other hand , we seek to promote the collaboration and expansion of the results , making this report available to society .
This report presents an updated version of the categories and some methodological adjustments , as well as both a qualitative and quantitative expansion of the results . In the original report , 23 initiatives were briefly examined , but in this new edition we have expanded the research and now we cover a total of 46 initiatives . In addition , in this version , we provide more exhaustive and detailed descriptions and documentation for each of these initiatives , including links to resources to facilitate a greater understanding of each case .
[ 1 ] See : https :// redressnetwork . org / redress-map / [ 2 ] See : https :// europeanmemories . net / projects / african-american-redress-network-spanishcase / [ 3 ] Watch on the EUROM YouTube channel : https :// www . youtube . com / watch ? v = sw5kgyl _ vQY
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