On Wed, May 17, 2017 at 8:42 PM, Michael Everson <everson@evertype.com> wrote:
> On 17 May 2017, at 17:13, Milos Rancic <millosh@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Because SIL is at least sensible enough to have the policy to change derogatory codes, while Congress Library is too white to be able to comprehend that.
>
> You do not have any idea what you are talking about.

Obviously. However, at least they understand that there are offensive
language names [1]. Although, thanks for the information, they are
also too white, as well, to recognize that there is a need to change
the code if it's been based on offensive name.

> Melanin helps to protect us from UV radiation and to permit the production of Vitamin D.
>
> I have explained to you MANY TIMES. Most of the ISO 639-2 codes were made many years ago. No one was trying to insult anyone. No one was trying to push an imperialist agenda. No one was looking at skin tone variation in Chile. They were trying to tag data for libraries. Do you understand this?
>
> I have explained to you MANY TIMES as well that reluctance to change codes on the part of the JAC has to do with a concern for stability in encoding.
>
> I ave informed you that I have spoken to the JAC, and I have supplied to you their response. They looked at this 5 years ago and were not minded at that time to destabilize encoding. They also said they would consider an application if one were submitted.
>
> You persist in arguing with ME about it and all I have done is explain facts to you.

You are still embarrassing yourself. Nobody told here that there are
bad intentions. (Just to remind you, Cold War ended ~30 years ago :P )
I told you that you are perpetuating institutional racism [, filled
with absolutely good intentions].

If you want to understand what I am talking about, please start with
this article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Institutional_racism

[1] http://archive.ethnologue.com/16/ethno_docs/introduction.asp

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