Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-24901923-20140928155350/@comment-3146930-20140928175044

I also see the Faunus as more of a mix between African Americans and Native Americans in American history (seeing as RT is based in America, I'm going with American history). The Native Americans for example were forced to relocate to reservations numerous time, usually to plots of land that weren't even that good for living. The difference in RWBY however is that they fought back against relocation and actually won the right to live where they wanted.

Now in the current world of RWBY, they are fighting for Civil Rights much like African Americans did. Shortly after the Civil War and slavery was illegal, this didn't mean African Americans were considered equals and business owners pretty much made them slaves in all but name. It wasn't until the Civil Rights Movement in the mid-1950s to mid-1960s that things got better.

Sure the Jews have pretty much always been persecuted by someone, I just see more parallels with African/Native-Americans. Even in your first point, you mentions Jews being persecuted for Religious reasons, but fail to make a convincing argument about how this relates to the Faunus.