Rubick said, "I know. I've seen it far too often."
Rubick heard about racial discrimination all the time on Blue Star. In America, he had long since lost count of the Black men killed for no reason.
But electing a Black president was not enough to give them equal standing with white people.
Even after the Dragon Kingdom regained its place in the world, Asians remained at the bottom of America's racial pecking order. And among Asians, people from the Dragon Kingdom were treated worst of all.
That problem might be hard to solve on Blue Star, but in this world, it was much easier.
Jinbe said, "Let me tell you about the late Queen Otohime."
Jinbe began his tale. As he spoke, he painted a tragic picture of a woman who had spent her life trying to bridge the divide between Fish-Man Island and humanity, only to be assassinated in a plot.
"Queen Otohime was dearly loved by her people," Jinbe said, his voice heavy with grief. "But in the end, humans killed her. More than ten years have passed, and the divide between us and humanity still hasn't closed. Because of certain people, it's only grown worse."
"I understand all that. I feel for Queen Otohime, but I don't agree with her approach. Bad people won't listen just because good people talk. Put a weapon in a good person's hands, though, and the bad ones will behave. That's how simple this world is, Jinbe."
Rubick said, "You saw the latest bounty posters, didn't you? Luffy's crew all got increases, but mine didn't budge. Garp sent word to me. They want to recruit me as a Shichibukai."
"Because of Moria and Kuma?" Jinbe asked. "No one knows whether one is alive or dead, and the other has defected. With