Before Wizards of the Coast acquired D&D, there were two versions of the game running concurrently. In one of them, Dwarf, Elf, and Halfling were *classes*, ...

Ugh.

I hate this and the term "Race-as-Class."

It's like what the Nazis would've talked about (since they considered the "racial struggle" as the primary struggle) and what certain ultras and left-deviationists believe in that I've seen before. Ah well, it's just a game, but the term and concept is something that's off-putting to me. I'm glad that it's gone now.