Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-14138255-20141031002615/@comment-25555436-20141214013104

Andrew S-997 wrote: LiveandSound wrote: You can be told "There's an ice cream with a spider on the fridge" countless times, but unless you're stupid or trust too much that person, you won't believe it unless you see it. I wouldn't even go that far, it's just that the only people fighting this oppression are Blake, and we know her record with telling the truth, and the White Fang, a bunch of terrorists.

Thing is, I still believe them.

It's just odd that there's this huge crusade against faunus oppression when we've been shown exactly five racist characters (CRDL and Roman, and one could argue against Sky and Dove, as they look like they'd just do whatever Cardin says) and Weiss (As she's not racist, but I wouldn't call her supportive of Faunus). If my count is correct, there are FIFTEEN non-racist humans so far introduced (counting Penny, All five adults, RY, JNPR, CFY). Thats three times more accepting humans than racist ones - which is a good average, as there will always be ignorant people, and there was apparently a race war not long ago. So, technically, we have about 3 racist characters.

-Russel Thrush.

-Roman Torchwick.

-And Cardin Winchester.

Because, like you said, Weiss isn't actually racist (just has a bad past with the WF and doesn't support Faunus) and Dove and Sky's racism is debatable, as they could just be going along with Cardin to not get hit (which is way more common that one would think).

3 racist characters, versus about 15 non-racist or Faunus-accepting characters.

Adding to the equation the fact that we haven't been shown actual discrimination against Faunus, except for Cardin's bullying of Velvet, which was more like typical bullying than actual racism and discrimination.

And also, that the only people that have talked about this discrimination, are Blake, whose past may have shaped her views on the subject, and the WF, who are racists towards humans and likely think everything they do related to the Faunus is evil or insulting.

Result: The discrimination against the Faunus only exists in their minds. There doesn't seem to be any discrimination at all, at least by the time the show starts. This makes the Faunus look like a species that protests too much (Even Sun, a Faunus, sees it that way).

It's almost like if you were black, hate white people, and a white man gives you a nice ice cream for free, and you protest because it's not your favorite flavor and it was given to you by a white person. In other words, the Faunus are the ones that seem to be racist here, not the humans.

There are very few racist humans so far, and the ones that are not, or even the contrary, are many more. If anything, they got a good deal of the equality they so desired, one way or another. And yet, the Faunus keep complaining, and the WF keeps attacking humans and even their own people.

As for that Race War, we need more information. Or maybe a small spinoff dedicated to it. It sounds interesting, and could show much better this so-called "discrimination".