I blame DND.

You can't be badass when your height range caps out a smooth cool 4'11" unless you are also 4 feet wide. This is a race of literal midgets that demand your respect for nothing but being older than you. Tolkien knew what was up. When even elven women are 6'2" bare minimum, it makes elves inherently physically superior in a visceral way even at their lamest. Like it or not, height also commands respect by default. Makes them all having more practical experience from age easier to swallow. Combined with them being above human concerns in an almost sociopathic way rather than a hoity toity or fruity or hippy wayhumans are simply not that important to their day to day to bother with unless the problem knocks on their front door.

+2 strength +2 dex. Literally looking down on you, mister 5'11". Not smarter than you, but they made all your teenager mistakes 100 years ago and don't have the patience to bother with it. Your entire society will be the opposite of what it is in only 50 years. Why bother learning anything about it? Give them shit, and then realize some of them can pick up your best warriors with one hand and choke slam them.

Not slim and graceful enough for you? No no, I assure you, being tall allows the body to hide a shocking amount of muscle on it. Being short is what makes your build look like a tatter tot.