Throwing in my two-cents as well. I beat DAO with a mage elf. I wanted to beat DA2 as a mage elf, but had to play mage human. And now...when I can finally be an elf again, I want to beat Inquisition with my mage elf. I want a mage and an elf to be what saves the world....again. So these people can start thinking about how they treat elves and mages.
Also, I LOVE the lore with elves in DA. More then anything else. I want to play my elf. Not a boring human like in millions of other games.
So yes, this is a bug I'd love to see fixed.