Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-14909251-20170522044827/@comment-4010415-20170528193542

Blackchaos27 wrote: Don't you two forget, when Blake was younger she took part in public protest rallies. And according to the brief news report in the pilot episode those civil rights protests were still going on. So there does seem to be some merit to her belief that Faunus are treated unfairly. Lisa Lavender: "In other news, this Saturday's Faunus Civil Rights protest turned dark when members of the White Fang disrupted the ceremony. The once peaceful organization has now disrupted..."

Alongside Lisa's report was a photo of Faunus doing a normal protest with signs, like in the old days. It kinda gives the image that a bunch of Faunus got together to perform a protest, and then the White Fang showed up to be like "Hey, us too!" and took a violent approach to their participation, which disrupted the other Faunus' protest.

Blake: "Of course, despite being promised equality, the Faunus were subjected to discrimination and hate. Humanity still thought of us as lesser beings. And so, the White Fang rose up as the voice of our people. And I was there. I was at the front of every rally. I took part in every boycott."

^ This was during the time where Ghira was still the leader of the White Fang. I have to wonder, if Blake is wrong about the existence of Faunus discrimination, why were there rallies and boycotts back then? Why did the White Fang even have to switch from being a "symbol of peace and unity between Humans and Faunus" to being a peaceful protest group?

Blake: "Suddenly, our peaceful protests were being replaced with organized attacks. We were setting fire to shops that refused to serve us, hijacking cargo from companies that used Faunus labor. And the worst part was, it was working. We were being treated like equals. But not out of respect... out of fear."

^ Here's the important thing to keep in mind. Blake says that Faunus began being treated like equals due to fear of backlash from the White Fang. The reason we are seeing a lack of discrimination now is because most Humans are afraid to discriminate because they know the White Fang will attack them for it.

WoR: Faunus: "Like most things man doesn't understand, all sorts of rumors and stories surround the Faunus. People avoided them like the plague, pushing them out of settlements and sometimes even hunting them down."

^ We cannot say that discrimination against Faunus never existed.

WoR: Faunus: "There are still Faunus all over the world, though the fair treatment they were promised varies in quality from place to place."

^ It could just be that Vale is one of those places where the quality of fair treatment is better than in others.