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I'm definitely in favor of laws against rape, assault, theft, and murder, but I think bigotry and discrimination are simply too vague a charge to be properly defined or enforced, and will always defeat themselves in the long run anyways.
Say someone is running an Indian restaurant, should they be forced to hire white people? Would you trust that you're getting authentic Indian food if either the chef, or even the serving staff was predominantly Chinese? Would you go to a Chinese restaurant run by Mexicans an expect authentic Chinese cuisine, or a Mexican restaurant run by white people, and expect proper, authentic cuisine?
All of these examples sound extremely racist on the surface, but let's be honest, chances are extremely high that someone of the same ethnicity is vastly more qualified to work there than someone who's not, because they simply understand the culture and the flavors better. And of course there are always counterexamples, but those are the exception rather than the norm.
Meritocracy simply means having to earn your laurels by putting in effort and proving yourself. You don't need to legislate that because cream rises to the top all by itself. It doesn't rise any faster because there are laws requiring it to do so, just like the sun doesn't rise any faster if you make a law requiring it to do so.