Chops
Soccer Dad
So, imo, base stats are so negligible
This is, for the most part, a take I agree with. Between being a very "play what you like, don't worry about min/max" type person and active racials mattering way more than small stat advantages, I don't particularly think it's a big deal...
Unless you're trying to min/max a glass cannon type. If my goal is to build an agi stacked hunter, then a night elf's 61 agi is way more attractive to me than a pandas 57 agi. Same with building a mage and rolling a goblin instead of undead.
In alot of cases, the active racials tend to line up with the best stats for the class anyway. Who, realistically, is gonna roll a dwarf mage over a gnome mage? But sometimes it can lead to interesting choices.