Yes that is indeed racist on many levels and the fact that are government system protect or care to protect us is a bad personal and political move.
I believe the answer is: universal principles
Universal principles refers to a set of principles that would mostly applicable to the majority of human being regardless of their background and environment.
Example of ethical decision based on universal principles would be not causing any physical harm to people unless you are in a self defense sitaution. This can be created because most people universally would not like being physically hurt.
the answer is deginlty true