User blog comment:Zippertrain85/Why The Imperials Are Wrong/@comment-1600847-20130806210447/@comment-1600847-20130806232417

-They do swear him fealty, as citizens of Eastmarch. Yet he lets them die if they're not Nords. Sure, he might hide behind such excuses as "there's a war on", but he's been ignoring non-Nords since before the war began. Plus, the fact that people can walk around Windhelm berating and insulting non-Nords is shameful. I think we all know if a Dunmer were to walk around Windhelm shouting racist slurs at Nords, they'd be thrown in jail before you could blink.

-Yes, the Stormcloaks are based in Skyrim. Yet there are plenty of non-Nords who hate the Empire, yet they can't join the Stormcloaks, even if they're born and raised in Skyrim. And yes, I know some people say "but the Dragonborn can join even if they're not a Nord" but that's because Bethesda wanted everyone to be able to complete the questline.