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** It's clearer in [[Discworld/Men At Arms|Men At Arms]], when the Watch gets a troll, a dwarf, and a werewolf as new recruits. From there on, it gets a passing mention as he reflects that more non-humans are entering the Watch and comes in really strong in [[Discworld/Thud|Thud]] when he's forced to take on a vampire.
** With regards to vampires Vimes is certainly a bigot, and refuses to permit any into the watch until forced by Vetinari. He is shown in Men at Arms to hate vampires because of their stereotypical links to aristocracy. The latest book ''Snuff'' deals very heavily with the ideas of prejudice (particularly towards Goblins who are not considered citizens and ergo, have no rights even when they're the victims or murder) and shows Vimes to have grown quite philosophical about his earlier prejudices. His comments about another character finding redemption through his treating all thinking beings as equals say a lot about his [[Character Development]].
* In [[The Winds of War and War and Remembrance]] it is quite regular for heroes to be this toward Germans and Japanese. Not Nazis and Japanese militarists, Germans and Japanese, and it is taken for granted.
* Queen Elizabeth Winton in [[Honor Harrington]] toward the planet of Haven. In her case not only did they apparently assassinate kin of hers, they had mounted a war of aggression against her kingdom and until recently had had a grotesquely tyrannical regime. Under the circumstance it is understandable but it delayed peace between them(it did not help that a more shadowy player in the game was committing more attempted assassinations to keep them fighting).
* Rene Vorbretten in [[Vorkosigan Saga]] not only hates Cetegandans, which is an understandable if rather an ungentlemanly trait for such an otherwise amiable character, as not only are they the national enemy but they killed his father in battle. In fact he hates them so much that he is disgusted to find that he bears Cetagandan ancestry. In other words he is like a Russian who not only hates Germans for invading Russia but is shocked to learn that some of his ancestors are German like the ancestors of some real Russians(and that would make for a theme in a non sci-fi drama by the way). In fairness to him not only does his country make a big deal about geneology but this discovery threatens his legal claim to a noble title, or in other words is effectively a threat to his home.
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