Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-26213507-20150715194939/@comment-25340654-20150925142600

Bronkiin wrote:

You also point out that we would react differently if confronted with the accusation of being racist. Well, obviously. We live in a society where being suspected of being a racist makes you a pariah. One hundred years ago and in Skyrim, people would not be familiar with the word or the concept. Tamriel is almost entirely defined by races and the differences between them. I can think of, possibly, only the Bretons who do not show signs of being inherently distrustful of outsiders. Indeed, each race expresses this distrust in different ways: In Online, the Bosmer isolate themselves and turn to ancient Gods. The Altmer, as expressed through the Thalmor, are far more purist and inclined to eugenics. The Nords are far more aggressively outspoken; blunt as they are in most things. The Imperials and Dunmer express there distrust of others through haughtiness and elitism. I'm sorry but are you saying they doesn't know the term 'racist' in a mixed society? In medieval times they didn't knew what racism was because they mostly only saw people with the same skincolor and culture in their homeland. Racism became known when the world started to globalizate. Tamriel is pretty much globalizated thanks to the Empire so they are familiar with the word.