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The Devil&#039;s Advocate WP wrote: Grimmstride wrote: @Devil's Advocate

That was basically the conclusion I had drawn. The Hunter population is generally accepting of Faunus.

Still, I think what people are getting at is the general population. We haven't seen a single incident or sign throughout Vale that suggests any discrimination between races even exists. Yet we still get news about protests and we see White Fang recruitment. We hear about the effects without the causes.

Of course that could easily be placed as, "Vale is the most tolerant to where it actually has a majority accepting population." It just seems like a small detail that could be improved upon. We may see other countries/kingdoms display more racism. It could even explain why Sun went to a Mistral Academy. There hasn't been much on-screen contact between the Faunus and the general population yet. Still, I think it is probably more like the situation for the African-American population post-slavery so there are people in certain positions who strongly support the Faunus, but there are other elements working against them. We have been pretty insulated in the story so far since the characters barely leave Beacon. As I recall, we haven't really seen Faunus walking about in the city streets either. That said, with the White Fang being involved in this latest incident there is a good chance that will get fleshed out more in the next Volume during the aftermath or perhaps even catch glimmers of it in this one based on interactions with the White Fang. Atlas probably has a bigger problem with Faunus than Vale, which I see as being sort of a tolerant city, so how the soldiers handle fighting Faunus and dealing with Faunus civilians could be revealing.

I agree. The largest interaction we have between faunus and the general public would be the crowds during the festival. However, even then it is a few second long shots of cheering crowds. Considering the potentially large student population in the crowd, it's hard to make much of any observation.

I was contemplating Civil Rights Movement African-Americans as the social situation, but it is possible Post Slavery could work. As you had areas in the south with Jim Crow laws which were invented to keep Africans from obtaining the rights they were supposed to have. You had some groups that were generally accepting, and then some groups that didn't think them equal though they didn't think they should be slaves.

Ultimately, I think your explanation of Vacuo sums up what we can expect. Different kingdoms will likely have varying levels of acceptance and racism.