User blog comment:ScholarOfTheScrolls/Ulfric Stormcloak is NOT a racist./@comment-4662333-20131221163956/@comment-1600847-20140102145706

I've made clear several times, including in this blog, I don't think Ulfric or the Stormcloaks are racist.

As to the Argonians being kept outside, I'd believe they were being kept out to keep them from fighting with Dunmer if Argonians and Dunmer weren't living side by side in Riften without any trouble at all. Now as to the Nords, I have no trouble believing they simply refuse to have Argonians living in the city due to either ignorance, prejudice or simple xenophobia. This is evidenced by the following: If you finish the Civil War for the Imperials, you can ask Jarl Brunwulf if he'll let the Argonians into Windhelm and he answers the following:

"I'd like to, but it's not as simple as that. Most of the folk in the city believe as Ulfric did, that outsiders are not to be trusted. Until those people learn to accept the Argonians, they'll need to remain outside the city. Old habits don't die easily, and we Nords can be stubborn as stone."

As to the Argonians being near water, I never said they didn't like it. There's a difference between a pathological need and liking.