Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-25641997-20140803061618/@comment-14909251-20140804031046

I don't think it is right to say Weiss is racist. Unfortunately, our PC culture has become increasingly accustomed to treating any utterance of prejudicial language as cause to label someone a racist, but that is not how the real world works. What matters is not what someone says, but why they say it. Cardin is a racist because he really has no basis for any of the things he is saying or doing. It is pure ignorance and bullying. Weiss was coming from a different place where she has literally had to be aware that any Faunus she encounters might try to kill her. Not all Faunus are White Fang, but all White Fang are Faunus and that means all Faunus are potential threats. That is the consequence of race war. Of course, on an intellectual level Weiss understands that not all Faunus are the same and probably even sympathizes with those who are truly just innocent victims of oppression, but the lizard part of her brain has been conditioned by years of gripping fear that some dog-eared psychopath she never met would brutally slaughter her and her entire family. Context matters.