Opinion: The duality of craving independence while honoring the monarchy runs deep in the former colonies.
has created for himself. There is no denying this reality: the Queen of England’s eponymous grandchild, Lilibet, carries drops of Blackness in her veins.
What my mother sees as a moment of loss, I see as a moment of becoming. The continuity of history, of language, of identity does not live within one staid symbol or tradition but within the people who carry on the work knitting together a nation. The passing of a leader is not an ending; it is the passing on of ideas and power to younger generations, seeing the nation evolve and grow.
My mother is good at separating institutions and individuals, so she has kinder words to say about events like the death of a queen. She remembers the coronation of Queen Elizabeth as witnessing the moment a young woman honored her duty by stepping up and claiming her place in the world. I only know the coronation from the two of us bingeing onWe enjoyed the grandeur, the reflection of history, the family tensions in the story. But we knew what we were watching was a beautifully crafted fiction.
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