Board Thread:Lore Discussion/@comment-3344494-20131027221306/@comment-3344494-20131028013457

Somebody Stole My Sweetroll wrote: It appears to be, now at least. In previous games it wasn't really noticeable.

Nords have issues with elves for historical reasons - long ago they fought various wars against Dunmer, Snow Elves and possibly Altmer/Ayleids. I assume they just lump Bosmer in with the other Elven races simply because they are Elven.

Some are more racist than others - they all seem to, at the very least, disapprove of elves on some level, but most don't seem to have a problem with other non-Elven species. The current conflict with the Imperials is political rather than racially-based (notice that there are Nords fighting on both sides).

The problems in the Reach are likewise more political and economic than anything else - the Reachmen (a Breton sub-race) claim the land because they have always lived there, the Nords claim it because it's technically within their borders and they want the silver. Nords don't seem to have a problem with Bretons from outside the Reach, though they do generally disapprove of magic and magic-users.

I'm not aware of them having any issue with Redguards (if anything I would imagine they probably respect them as another strong, honourable warrior race) - the Alik'r warriors aren't allowed in Whiterun, but that isn't down to their race - if you talk to people, it turns out that one of them was involved in an 'incident' and his comrades were 'asked' to leave as a result.

Many Nords do seem to be genuinely prejudiced against Khajiit, but then so are many other cultures, due largely to the actions of a (relatively) small number of Khajiiti thieves, smugglers and drug-dealers. It's hard to tell what they think of Argonians - in Windhelm the Argonians are distinctly second-class citizens, but it seems to me that this is more down to Ulfric's personal racism rather than any universal prejudice.

Also, contrary to the anonymous reply, most Nords don't have a problem with people not worshipping Talos. They do have a problem when their own freedom to worship him is removed, but this is not the same thing.

Hope this helps! It does, thanks!