it was never meant to be opt in.
Source? I've posted numerous pieces of evidence to the contrary:
people finding out: https://github.com/audacity/audacity/pull/835#issuecomment-833778895
people highlight the opt-in dialog text: https://github.com/audacity/audacity/pull/835#discussion_r627756976
there are no commits in between; it could not have been changed to opt-in "when people found out" as you claim.
For one thing the Nuremberg Laws (1935) prohibit interracial marriage. That alone is bad. I also believe laws that restrict citizenship are bad. Of course I see a big problem with allat.
There were also many more "incidents" in the four years following the Nuremberg Laws... Audacity, none.