Black Lives Matter is having a profound impact on how individuals and communities view their repressive histories and their present environments. The movement has greatly influenced the questioning of everyday landscapes and the role of official memory in the erection, maintenance, or removal of monuments and memorials. In this column, I shed light on these phenomena, and highlight the tensions that exist between the acknowledgement and removal of racist or problematic memorials and statues and the protection of historical monuments and cultural heritage more generally. A human rights approach to memorialization would be a step in the right direction, while recognizing that the imperatives of the present shape memorialization efforts. It calls on those in the human rights field to continue pressing for critical reflection and debate around racism and memory landscapes, and to call out and expose racism in all of its forms in order to bring about social change.

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当前的当务之急：黑人的命也是命与记忆和纪念的政治

Black Lives Matter 对个人和社区如何看待他们的压迫历史和他们目前的环境产生了深远的影响。这场运动极大地影响了对日常景观的质疑以及官方记忆在纪念碑和纪念馆的竖立、维护或拆除中的作用。在本专栏中，我阐明了这些现象，并强调了承认和移除种族主义或有问题的纪念碑和雕像与更广泛地保护历史古迹和文化遗产之间存在的紧张关系。纪念纪念活动的人权方法将是朝着正确方向迈出的一步，同时认识到当前的必要性影响纪念活动。