Let me clarify a little on that.

The government should never treat people differently based on race or gender or other types of identity. The government should always have the same laws for everybody.

The people should *mostly* not treat people differently based on race or gender or other types of identity. This is *mostly* because sometimes it is warranted. Like if you're running a bikini barista, everybody is fine with hiring a specific type of person (attractive young straight biological female).

What we don't want is situations like Affirmative Action, where people are wrongly rewarded or punished because of their identity. Which, in the ironic twist, often harms those it tries to reward, but we could get into the details for why that is some other time.