Again, you're mistaking the Chant and the Chantry. Those are two completely seperate things. One if a book/poem thingy, the other is a religious and political organization. If the members of that organization are racist (which we've seen) then that organization is racist.
The reason there are no male divines is because the Chant itself (the 'White' one) says men cannot be a part of the priesthood, that's why all members of the Chantries hierarchy are women. I have little doubt that there are elven chanters (priestesses), but they don't rise as high in the hierarchy is because the upper members of the chantry are racist (in general).
There is a wide gulf between the kind of racism the Chantry exhibits - which is quite closely to IRL forms of racism - and the kind of organized racism necessary for the Chantry (as a polity) to be actually responsible for the oppression of the elves. The Chantry doesn't have power over Alienage elves - the local countries do. If the Chantry collapsed, Ferelden would still control the Denerim Alienage. Vaughn could still come up and abuse elven women. The Denerim guards could still murder them in a riot.





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