User blog comment:Hippogriff12/The Scarcity of Racists in Skyrim/@comment-1726879-20120727160213/@comment-69.180.146.251-20120728143738

@TDITN: I typically agree with everything you say, but I have to disagree with Agrenor and Rolff. Agrenor only shows signs of "racism" the first time you walk through the gates of Windhelm, then he just walks around saying how he used to be a soldier. Never says anything about hating on "grey-skins" and "scale backs" as Rolff puts them.

Rolff is genuinely racist, but remember, in the land of Tamriel, where the horrors of the Great War are still fresh on the minds of everyone, it's made it a bit tough to trust elves, and Rolff is kinda right on how the Dark Elves refuse to help the Stormcloaks, and lives it the city and expects to be taken care of.

Oh, almost forgot my real point about that. In Tamriel, it's exceedingly difficult to NOT show signs of racism or being racist, as the OP put it perfectly: A Khajiit or Dark Elf is very different than a Nord or Orc, to racial discrimnation is bound to happen. There are plenty of racists in Tamriel, because everyone has a certain view on another race, i.e., everyone thinks Nords are a barbaric people, and Orcs have dirt for brains, and all Khajiit and Argonians are Skooma addicts and thieves.

And this is mainly because, most of the time, it's true.