‘Cheddar Man’ Should Mark the End of Racism, Not Continue It

South-West Britain, 9,000 years ago. In this harsh, unforgiving wilderness, Cheddar Man is attacked by a vicious predator. Torn and bleeding, his brief, chaotic time on this earth, like all his contemporary homo sapiens, is coming to an end. During those final moments, what he was thinking about? I wonder if he thought ‘9,000 years from now, I’ll be the subject of lots of thinly veiled racism, comedy and political talking points’? Probably not. He was probably thinking that Britain is too cold, or how stupid people are for thinking <a href="http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20160826-why-our-ancestors-drilled-holes-in-each-others-skulls" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">drilling your skull solved headaches</a>, or how stupid it would be if the people of the future ended up giving him some stupid name like ‘Cheddar Man’. He probably had some real cool, fearsome tribal name, like ‘Mala’atak’ or ‘T’Challa’. It doesn’t matter. You’re Cheese-Dude now. <a href="https://medium.com/@wingatewriting/cheddar-man-should-mark-the-end-racism-not-continue-it-3df1ae6aebf3">Click Here</a>