Board Thread:Speculation House/@comment-24.247.91.107-20140511154823/@comment-14909251-20150212230457

Raynh wrote: Yeah, we'd have to know the exact origins and heritage of faunus to even speculate the results of inter-species relations to begin with. For now they could be genetically near identical meaning hybrids should have no problem procreating themselves.

One of the things i think RWBY has done very well is show the equality between men and women, not being regarded as just a gender but as people altogether. Same for skin color or even personal forms of expression.

Its cultural debates are obviously more centralized around discrimination of the Faunus being regarded as animals instead of people It is certainly rather interesting how gender really only came into play in the first episode and then it was mostly about how Ruby was an "adorable little girl" rather than just being a girl. Not to say that it never comes into play in the story-telling, but it is less severe as you might find elsewhere. A lot of that can be attributed to a military culture where every person needs to contribute in order for them to survive. Hence why skin color is also less of a dividing factor. That is why I think the discrimination against the Faunus must be rooted in some fears regarding the Grimm. Of course, we don't know for certain if this is the case given the only non-white characters in the main cast either haven't appeared or are Asiatic in appearance.