The Queen in your genes

I realized that my ambivalence about his ascent to the Throne ran deeper than just my issues with him as a person. I was hoping, and continue to hope, that this moment would give us reason to question the future of the monarchy itself.

The science of epigenetic trauma is relatively new, barely more than 20 years old. It’s by no means universally accepted; at this point, it remains a theory subject to continuing and rigorous scientific analysis, as it should be.

It’s not hard to draw an almost-straight line from colonialism to Residential Schools and onto bullying of FNMI students. The attitudes that settlers brought with them and imposed on others — the right to pursue economic opportunity and social dominance at all costs among them — can easily be seen on either side of the equation. Bullying of FNMI students might seem like a niche issue; it’s not. It’s a predictable and troubling expression of generations, and centuries, of abuse. That’s exactly how those who study epigenetic trauma will tell you it works.

Is the Queen directly and personally responsible for this problem herself? Some would argue yes. While it’s too late for her to do much about it, her heir and successor is a different story. King Charles can’t repudiate colonialism without negating his entire existence (much as some of us might wish he would do exactly that). What he could do is to recognize the harms that have occurred on his predecessors’ watch and use them to launch a discussion. That would be a good starting point.

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