Picture yourself at the dinner table on the Enterprise, during the first diplomatic get-together between the Federation and the Klingon Empire after the explosion on Praxis.

After Chekov proclaims:

“We do believe all planets have a sovereign claim to inalienable human rights”,

Azetbur, the daughter of the Klingon Chancellor Gorkon responds with:

“Inalien… If only you could hear yourselves? ‘Human rights.’ Why the very name is racist. The Federation is no more than a ‘homo sapiens’ only club.”

How would you respond to that accusation?