Some people say that the right to equal treatment has no price. But it seems that most people don’t really believe that: Those are just polite words that we tell one another. Consider the following cases:
a. What if it cost $10 million per kneeling bus?
b. What if it costs $10,000 to hire translators to translate ballots into a rare language spoken by less than 10 voters?
c. What if it costs the lives of dozens of police officers to ensure the right of a persecuted minority to vote?
d. At these prices, is the right to equal treatment too expensive for society to buy it? In each case, describe what you think the exact price cutoff should be (in dollars or lives), and briefly explain how you came to that decision. Why not twice the price? Why not half?