Board Thread:Skyrim/@comment-12760152-20130723093333/@comment-124.176.159.60-20150125041220

Pink Slim wrote: Nords(Stormcloaks) aren't racist against the dark elves, it's just that those dark elves openly support the empire, and demand that Ulfric devert resources from the war to help them.

The Gray-Manes are really the best example of Stormcloak supporters(and their goals), they're not racist themselves, but they want the Nords to rule Skyrim, they value honor and familly above all else, and they are willing to put their own lives on the line for what they believe is right. The dark elves have good reason to support the empire:

For one, they get greater respect from the empire than what they do from the stormcloak nords.

Second, Solstheim was a gift from the high king of Skyrim in the 4th Era to the Dunmer, the High king that is part of the empire, and the dunmer are highly grateful for that, it wasnt the stormcloaks or ulfiric that willingly gave it to them.