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There will always be the few cases everyone is waiting for.
Just like in our real world, all white people were claimed to have been "the knee" on a certain black USAmericans neck.
Everyone can twist and suggercoat facts as they are but fact is people are
° stupid, and
° tribal
and secretely crave violence for entertainment and relief, just like in the times of the roman Empire with the colloseum.

Soccer & other sports try to guide this primal urges in a non-harmful and productive way.
But the success is debatable.
You have hooligans & all kinds of people craving to inflict harm on others above all else.
And they will use any chance in order to do so.
Maybe some of them even look for pathetic excuses because they are dissatisfied with their own situation in life.


But ultimately they will go out and "demand a suitable target" for their violent urges.

Either alone but preferably in a mentality of " Us against them. " since this is how cowards behave.
They do not seek a fair fight, they seek superiority in numbers and others who are legimitated by society to attack.
Who the true ehtnicitys in our real world are who are most okay to hate, lets say I very much feel it with my "sinfully bright skin".

People are full of contempt, envy and spite for others.
Sooner or later. Because they are weaklings.
Because ultimately they hate themself.


~ Back to Faerun ~

The Drow are very much in the clutches of a being that truly stands above others. A god.
Fun fact Mr.Rhexx has just released a new video regarding that. =)


But regardless of something not less than a deity messing with one's head - ultimately people want to feel superior to others or else the ugly envy comes out.

And if all else fails they will gladly embrace even race to justify their primitive behaviour.
This is realistic, this is authentic - as annoying as it is.
But the racism in Faerun is ultimately just that of a story and a game. It is there to... °cough° to enjoy.

It is what makes the world of Baldurs Gate feel true and genuine.
There might be famous ( or not so famous ) exceptions like Drizzt Do'urden, a good Drow who has flipped the whole of Drow culture off and Lolth herself, but news would not spread fast in a world practically living in the medieval times.
Without internet, social media and other devices enabling a quick and wide spread of information.

BREAKING NEWS Good natured Drow safes little child from burning house!! ( LoL )

But the paranoya and distrust won't be washed away just because of one good Drow.
Drizzt and the few others who are good Drow, are just not enough to outweigh the many bastards of their race & culture.
And a more trustful and less vigilant stance towards Drow in general, will one way or the other hurt the other races inevitably.
Cause most of them, won't be good.
They won't.
And so the justified distrust will be empowered again and individuals will once more reject & distrust Drows for a lifetime by personal bad experience with them.

It is very selfevident what is going on with a certain race in Faerun if their reputation is bad on a global scale even in times of slow & medieval communication networks.