User blog comment:Zippertrain85/Why the Stormcloaks are right./@comment-6336669-20130507202240/@comment-3217145-20130516131040

Better example please. Seems like they were retaliating for all the slavery. Can you show me a source saying that the Hist forced them to do it against their better reason? Or an example that doesn't involve overthrowing their long-time oppressors, showing that they're somehow ticking timebombs of Hist domination and not to be trusted?

Have you played another ES game? No, they're not ALL fences and traffickers. Most of those characters are actually non-Khajiit. Khajiit are everywhere doing normal stuff, and none of your blanket statements about them apply.

Sorry, your statement is vague. I'm not sure what you want evidence for.

Racism is not defined as saying another race is worth less than yourself. That's one example. It means seeing a group of individuals as an inseparable mass, all holding some characteristic ONLY by virtue of being part of that group (and optionally, disliking them). It's not racist to say that Nords are naturally gifted with greatswords. It's programmed into the game, and comes from their physiology. It IS racist to say they all use or like them, or that they're all barbarian warriors because of that.

"Why is it then that EVERY single Elf race..."

STOP.

THAT IS THE POINT.

THAT IS RACISM.

You're accusing every member of a race of a crime committed by a collective. It's exactly the same as accusing Anglo-Saxons of racism, imperialism, and slavery. As a collective, yes. That historically happened. But even ignoring the present day, it's absurd and false to say that NO white people in the past had a problem with these practices, or that it's part of their nature. That kind of blanket statement is just not true. It's racist. I'll bet you'll tell me that doesn't count because it's real-world, but your claim is identical, because you're glossing over an entire race and stating, as fact, they they ALL do this terrible thing, and it's false. And for some reason, you're doing it in an attempt to prove that racism isn't bad (・  ・ )?

Saying "races are different and racism doesn't matter" only works if racial dynamics are purely a result of biology, but they aren't. Culture exists, and we can criticize culture. To stick with elves, a certain culture has spread from the early elves to all elf species still around today (in varying forms and severity). There are elves throughout every game that hold a view like this, and elves that don't. They're individuals. It is not genetically preordained. It's not impossible for them to refuse it. Saying they're naturally that way and there's nothing they can do about it is objectively false. And, it's just racist.

But I'm confused about your point. If racism isn't there and doesn't matter, why do you care if the Altmer are racist? Clearlythat means they're making a factual statement about the other races of the continent. They are, demonstrably, the closest descendants of the early elves and have a high affinity for magic. They have pedigree. What's wrong with that?