Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-24901923-20140928155350/@comment-4010415-20140928162209

Huh. This is the first time I've seen someone compare the faunus to the Jews. Mainly, I've seen comparisons of faunus to African Americans, especially since they were referred to as animals back in the day. They were sold as livestock, people considered them less than human, and people even spread rumors that they had tails.

There were many of them who took the peaceful route of trying to protest to gain equality, but there were also those who felt that they should take a violent route. One of their peaceful protest methods was to wear a sign that said "I am a man," and we saw from the picture in volume 1 episode 1 that the faunus were holding signs, one of which said "We are not animals!"

Anyway, regardless of resemblances to various peoples that faced/face discrimination in our world, I think the writers didn't intend for the faunus to actually be a reference to any specific people in our world.