Intergenerational as referred to by Trudeau doesn’t mean genetic or epigenetic. The grandchildren of people drafted for the Vietnam War show impaired earnings c

Intergenerational as referred to by Trudeau doesn’t mean genetic or epigenetic. The grandchildren of people drafted for the Vietnam War show impaired earnings compared to a control group, and of course the descendants of slaves still suffer. Tear likely has to do with reduced inherited wealth, social capital and opportunities, not (epi)genetic trauma, combined with the dark legacy of Jim Crow, redlining and other discrimination.