User blog comment:Hippogriff12/The Scarcity of Racists in Skyrim/@comment-1080767-20120729001540

I can't and won't oppose the foundations of your article (I would've called it an 'argument', but that isn't what it is - it's practically fact). But in the interests of refining it, and of course to add my own opinion, I'd like to voice a thing or two:

It is important to note that numerous Tamrielic provinces, prior to the decaying of the Empire after the Aldmeri assaults and the Great War, flourished under the Empire's rule. Despite the radically different cultures and the racial advantages and disadvantages of living in a potentially Imperial-designed society, each Imperial province has prospered from trade, from influence, and from security; and yet, those same provinces remain unique and evidently reflect their respective demographics. Perhaps the common Breton cannot subscribe to Bosmer religion or ever fully fit into their culture, but if he can at least accept the Empire's standardized way of life, Valenwood will still benefit from it, and for that should he not be embraced? A mixed society can work, composed of people with varied skill sets. As you said, none of these races are quote-unquote 'superior' over another, but rather, they are different. Go ahead, worship your gods, live wherever you want, do your thing, but at the end of the day what matters is that you bring in money, or share your knowledge, or bring about progress in the direction the Empire wants. What race you are becomes irrelevant; anyone can do that, and the concept of progress is almost universal (gold is good; happiness is good; justice is good; life is good - none of this necessitates an automatic violation of anyone's cultural values).