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@Someone I only want to respond briefly. Not interested in a 2+ day indepth debate. You would probably win anyways. :P

I completely agree but I'll make several additional points.

1. It is unclear how much discrimination Blake faced. We know from meeting Ilia on the roof to V1 she wore a bow and she spent at least a little time in menagerie because she knew where to find her parents. The fact that she responded "That's horrible." to Ilia's story suggests that she was surprised by learning of discrimination in Atlas academy. Has Blake even seen the Dust mines of Atlas? So far, the evidence doesn't suggest it.

She probably was discriminated against but we can't know for sure.

We all want to see Faunus discrimination. But these are some reasons why GMK haven't shown it in order of likeliness.

2.1. GMK (paraphrasing) "We don't want to write romance yet because we aren't good enough writers." Faunus discrimination is under the same category. Optimists will note that Renora is canon. Also, Renora was recieved pretty well by the community so GMK might have the confidence to move ahead with Faunus discrimination/harder topics.

2.2. Faunus discrimination is bad. Like really, really bad. One scenario is dust miners are whipped until they bleed profusely out of their backs. They are given numbers instead of names. GMK don't think the show is mature enough yet.

2.3. (related to 2.2) GMK want us to see faunus discrimination for the first time at the same time as the characters in the show, maybe even Blake. They want the scene to be one of those defining moments where the show takes a darker turn. Maybe even gory.

One theory is that when Blake sees actual, brutalizing faunus treatment in Altas/Mantel that she will be more sympathetic to the WF radicals, prompting some serious soul searching/character arc. For the writers to sell a more violent Blake, the audience needs to be deeply disturbed and even emotionally shaken by the treatment of Faunus. Otherwise, Blake just looks petty, which is the status quo.