today is human rights day. human rights are universal and apply to each and every human being on the planet, in the exact same way. yet the differences between people belonging to various countries, nations, economic classes, ethnic as well as other socio-political groups are shocking. we are all complicit, especially those of us who enjoy many of these rights and feel no need to confront inequalities and injustices in the system that favors us over others. the universal declaration of human rights was drafted in 1948. race thinking, the division of the world between the “deserving” and “undeserving” based on a convenient clash of civilizations, the creation of “camps” inhabited by non-persons whose rights have been legally suspended, imperial wars, conquests and the theft of land and resources should all be things of the past. enough is enough.