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The world get confused between Human rights and human privileges.
All humans have rights to live, and to live like mentches. So any form of racial distinction is both illogical and morally wrong. Youre right to live grants you rights to live where you want, to travel on the same buses, to visit the same parks, and to marry whomever you want.
Your right to live does not, however, grant you the ability to make decisions you are not qualified to make. Anything which involves decision making – voting as far as I am concerned is only a minor issue; court jury service is much more problematic – should need basic qualifications to prove you sane, fairly intelligent and of the ability to make decisions.
As far as voting is concerned, this is impossible; in a democracy, we need the voice of the people. If the people are stupid, then their voice may be equally stupid, but it is the voice of the people which counts. If you don’t like that, do away with democracy.
When it comes to decisions in courts, where a jury can decide “guilty” or “innocent” just because the defendant looks sinister or because the alleged victim has a cute smile, no human with a conscience and a sane mind should allow half the country to decide the fate of another person with such impunity.