Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-18495997-20131101022547/@comment-64.136.211.80-20131101220233

It seems to me like most people are assuming that the Schnees' began the discrimination against the Faunus, or at least that's how it seems to be in the phrasing. I highly doubt that. They've most likely been discriminated against as far as anyone could remember. Though the Schnees' most likely did discriminate against them in the first place I doubt they started it.

Now, as I've just read The Help and have the Civil Rights Movement fresh in my brain, I can't help but make a few connections and suspicions. Even after they claimed "equal rights" it was still difficult to get a job for African Americans and if they did get a job it probably didn't pay that much. A suspicion I've had about SDC and Faunus is that originally the SDC hired Faunus for cheap labor. Probably the mining and other dangerous activities. Mining is normally dangerous but imagine how dangerous it would be when you're dealing with something as powerful as Dust. If Faunus were still being discriminated against and had trouble finding work it would make sense for the Schnees' to hire them. The Schnees' most likely would have treated them poorly. This could be what Blake was referring to back in the 2nd episode. The Faunus decided to stand up for themselves as they were being treated inferior. Conflict continued and it eventually built to this. There's most likely more hidden beyond this though.

Just a shot in the dark really. It seems likely in my head.