Few beliefs I'd like to address.

[Big Orc Man]

"Racism" doesn't exist in FR.

It's just a normal, accepted part of existence because unlike in real life, the different races in FR ARE substantially different, and some are inherently wicked.

And the Stargazers supposedly releasing doom upon everyone is probably more than just a peripheral reason...

[Thou tun'st this World]

I don't think every character, or even a majority of characters, should  necessarily have strong opinions about people from Chult, or Calimshan,  or Thay, or Cormyr, or whatever. But it's fine and even good if they do.
 
 But I do think it is important that a majority of characters have some kind of strong feelings and assumptions about other races (i.e. elves, dwarves, etc.).
 
 Maybe elves are wondrous creatures to be revered and admired, or maybe they're a dangerous threat.
 
 Maybe you respect halflings for their orderly and good-natured  societies, or maybe you've met too many pesky lightfoot  adventurer-thieves and distrust all of them.
 
 And so on.
 
 Maybe even you're playing a high-wisdom PC with a lot of experience  meeting different races and inclined to judge individuals as  individuals, but if so this should be a part of your concept and be  somewhat rare.

[Mort]

Never used the word hate, once.

[PanamaLane]

I hope you don't think I was being a pompous dick, just expressing my view. I read this thread with great interest, many good points have been made.