No, I assume the OP doesn't realize it's orsimer, as in they're elves. Bah, it's been years since the orcs were incorporated into the empire, yet there are still racists around still believing them to be nothing more than beast, despite their willingness to integrate themselves into society, not to mention they're the best smiths in the world.
In my defense though read this "Although beast-like in appearance, the Orsimer (Pariah Folk or simply Orcs) are descended from a group of Altmer (or even Aldmer) that worshipped a god named Trinimac.[24] Trinimac is the strongest of Altmeri ancestor spirits, and is described in-game as having led his Orsimer people to war against the dissident Chimer, who coveted the machines and industry of the heathen Dwemer. The Daedric Prince Boethiah, however, decides to eat Trinimac, ending his war plans, corrupting his essence and remaking him as the Daedric Prince Malacath. Incidentally,
his people lost their Elven features, and became the beastly Orcs."
So one could argue they lost their elvenidity. Changing from the "Orsimer" to the "Orc." The Orsimer were elven and the Orc came to be incorporated into the other two beast races.