#the bpp is also why cops arent in charge of ambulances anymore iirc

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Since we're on the subject, it's incredibly easy to tell that, despite saying they were inspired by it, ShawLuna did absolutely zero research into the Black Panther Party. If they had, then there would be food programs, schools, hospitals, and political campaigns led by White Fang chapters

The BPP was never a terrorist group, they were revolutionaries whose methods of activism did not exclude violence. For fuck's sake, the reason they chose that name is because panthers only attack when provoked

History paints them as violent extremists because they wanted to change the status quo, and were steadily gaining the power to do so. That's why the government cracked down so hard, often lethally

In RWBY, wouldn't it be far more interesting to have an activist group that has a variety of ways of fighting against an oppressive system? Reclaiming health and education, learning how to protect themselves, or going out to protest the system itself: you could challenge the status quo with whatever niche of helping the community fit you best

Hell, this is what Mistral could have been about. Instead of sitting in a house all damn day, the kids could've gone exploring the city and stumbled across a White Fang daycare center in the lower levels. Or a soup kitchen. Or been given a flyer asking them to join a strike of a local Schnee mine. The possibilities really are endless

ShawLuna weren't inspired by the Black Panther Party; they were inspired by anti-activist propaganda