Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-4010415-20141223120240/@comment-14909251-20150520211718

ChishioKunrin wrote: I have no idea if I mentioned it in this thread or not, but one thing they could do is provide a reason for the discrimination, such as an old belief/superstition that Faunus come from Grimm. It was indeed mentioned in this thread. Ctrl+F is your friend. :) My general inkling on this point as iterated earlier in the thread is that it is likely they were assumed to be in allegiance with the Grimm in some way. This would especially be the case if the Grimm only targeting humans means they do not actually target the Faunus unless provoked.

What they think about them otherwise depends on if the Faunus were known about before the Grimm or after the Grimm, though. If humans encountered the Faunus before they encountered the Grimm, then they may assume Faunus simply worked with the Grimm. Had they encountered the Faunus afterwards, they may assume the Faunus were a form of Grimm.

Given what is said about the Grimm not having souls, it any suggesting that they were Grimm in some fashion could make their treatment justified under the pretense that Faunus lack souls. That would be similar to how racism was justified on the pretense that certain races were not really fully human.