User blog comment:Gear Fraser/SUCK IT, NAYSAYERS./@comment-3146930-20131101201312

I highly doubt that Faunus were just created by the Schnee Company, especially considering that they are talked about in History Class at Beacon, meaning they have at least been around for a hundred years or more. If the Schnee Dust Company was started by Weiss' grandfather (in The Stray, she calls it her Grandfather's company), there is no way a new company would have the funding to make an entirely new species (not to mention the ethics of something like that). It is just more likely that Faunus are just another race in the world of RWBY.

I also disagree with your opinion about Weiss' childhood. She never directly blames the Faunus for her depressing childhood. All she says is that her childhood was difficult because of her father's constant anger. She also talks about how people in her family just disappeared or board members were executed, board members she most likely grew up around and thought of as family. She doesn't blame the Faunus for a crappy childhood, she hates the White Fang because of the stress they have caused her family and the company; resulting in an unhappy childhood.