Why were the Galadhrim insist on blindfolding Gimli
So in Fellowship of the Ring, following the events of Moria and the Fellowship fleeing to the woods of Lothlórien where they are intercepted by Haldir and the Galadhrim.
When the Elves decide to take the Fellowship to Caras Galadhon, they insist that Gimli must be blindfolded because of their laws that Dwarves may not pass freely through the borders of Lothlórien.
As I understand it, all the kingdoms of elves and dwarves have been tenuous and varying since the The battle in the Thousand Caves during the first age and the Galadhrim have stronger reasons than most others to feel this way since Celeborn was a prince of Doriath and both Celeborn and Galadriel were residing in the kingdom of Doriath during the devastating Battle in the Thousand Caves and many of the slain were people Geleborn knew and loved all his life.
But the dwarves of Nogrod who sacked Doriath were Firebeards and Gimli is a Longbeard of the royal house of Durin.
Durin's folk have always had better relations with the elves. The reason that the Doors of Durin responded to an elvish password for friend is because they were created by the combind skill of Celebrimbor and Narvi to better trade and aid between Eregion and Khazad-Dum.
When Sauron sacked Eregion it was the dwarves who came to their aid and they used the same route that the Fellowship took through the Doors of Durin and out the Dimrill Gate to smuggle the survivors of Eregion to Lothlórien.
Legolas and Gimli had their own thing going on because Gimli was an Erebor dwarf and Legolas was a from the Woodland Realm and we all know from the Hobbit how they were.
Had Gimli been a Firebeard, fair enough, blindfold him. But as a Longbeard, Gimli should be a guest of honour held with reverence for his people's good deeds in helping the elves, especially those in Lorien who were refugees from Eregion.
Are the elves just racist and think all dwarves are alike?