Question about fishmen

[posh]

I've been looking at the one piece wikia and well I can't seem to determine if fishmen can be in the marines, seeing as how most peeps are racist to fishmen so is it correct to assume no?

[Farris (Kuro)]

They can, but they would deal with a lot of unfairness and prejudice.

[EriChar]

I'd further add that Farris's point stands for both sides involved.
A Marine Fishman would likely be both discriminated by his fellows in the Marines AND other Fishmen.


This is because despite the emancipation of Fishmen, tradition and habit still holds them in bad stead, it isn't easy to remove centuries of racial hatred.
The Marines stand as the symbol of the World Government, which is in turn hated by many prominent individuals in the Fishmen community, so any Fishman who joined them would likely become a pariah in the Fishman community as well.