User blog comment:Hippogriff12/The Scarcity of Racists in Skyrim/@comment-1726879-20120727160213

I'd say that there is a fair bit of racism in Skyrim. Good examples are Ulfric and some of his followers in Windhelm, who turn a blind eye when a non-Nordic person or group suffers, but stands up when it's one of his own kin, or relegates some to live in slums while their own kind live in wealth and good conditions. Or the Thalmor, who treat every non-Aldmeri Dominion race as inferior and simply there to be ruled and abused. You're right though, most of what you hear from those who aren't the above isn't really racist in the sense we see. A guard telling an argonian to stay out of trouble is simply asserting a respect that the argonian race is known for. Much like how you would tell a monkey to not fling poo at someone. That I suppose is racism that's not really intended to be fully offensive towards the recipient, but either way, doesn't matter.

Plus, in the middle ages and the times when we went around lopping heads off, we were all very prejudiced and racist. then I suppose we grew up as a people.