What exactly makes something a “right” versus something that somebody allows you to do?

The rights we dont have

For the past few classes, we have been talking about rights; natural rights, human rights, political rights, native rights, and so forth. As you can see, this is a complicated topic, because how do you know whether you have the “right’ to do something, or merely if you have permission to do something?

What exactly makes something a “right” versus something that somebody allows you to do? The subject of rights is a vast one, and different people have different ideas about what their rights should be.

YOUR TOPIC IS:IS THERE SOMETHING THAT YOU CONSIDER TO BE A “RIGHT” WHICH YOU CURRENTLY DO NOT HAVE? WHY DO YOU THINK THAT THIS THING SHOULD BE A RIGHT?