I guess I'm against racial 'skills'.

The problem with unique race abilities/skills is that they will likely be either be unbalancing or useless.

I'm very much in favor of Race stat bonuses long as they taper off near the cap. Though personally I think RSE stats are a much better way to enhance racial differences

Still, there are far more important things for the devs to work on atm. I'd say it is best to shelve this idea and come back to it after 2.0 has been around awhile.