RWBY doesn't just restrict itself to a black and white, "Captain Planet"-esque view of the world where the White Fang are just evil terrorists, or all humans are vile racists who deserve to die.
But neither does it give an insincere or shallow "Both sides are equally bad." lip service.
It presents the White Fang as an immediate, terrorist threat. But it also shows the sympathetic side of them. It shows characters we care about who agree with them or even worked for them.
But it still shows the danger. It shows how the extremism of some members can make them a threat even to other Faunus. How this hatred can be manipulated and exploited by other parties.
On the flipside, it shows human's cruelty. We hear stories of labour camps. The first time we learn of Faunus is seeing one being taunted and bullied.
But again, we also see humans who have themselves suffered due to the war. Weiss's family members, possibly friends who cannot all be claimed with certainty to be power hungry abusers like Jacques had been murdered throughout her life. We again see people like Adam willing to murder innocents for his cause. Much like in real life conflicts, a noble cause is seen as an excuse for any atrocity.
I think the real sign of how even the presentation of the conflict truly is, is that it becomes a Rorscharch test for bad faith reviewers.
They're either 100% on the side of Faunus and claim that everything the White Fang do is morally justified because it's a glorious revolution and clearly the show hasn't done enough to condemn the evil racist humans and must therefore unfairly hate the White Fang.
OR
They're 100% on the humans side and say "There's no racism in Remnant! The Faunus are complaining about nothing!" They claim the show is unfairly lionising and glorifying the White Fang and not doing enough to condem obvious terrorists.
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