On Wed, May 17, 2017 at 2:28 PM, Michael Everson everson@evertype.com wrote:
On 17 May 2017, at 13:14, Milos Rancic millosh@gmail.com wrote:
This is the core of the problem of every dominantly white dominantly male dominantly Western institution: Ignoring its own racism, imperialism and colonialism.
Kindly stop using terminology like “white”.
Sorry, but I won't be *that* kind in the political discourse.
BTW, it's about ISO-639-3, not ISO-639-6 code.
It is an ISO 639-2 code.
Even worse! They don't want to change the least sensible set of codes.
On Wed, May 17, 2017 at 2:30 PM, Michael Everson everson@evertype.com wrote:
I received a response from a member of the JAC regarding “arn":
We received and considered a request for this about 5 years ago. I don't believe there was a formal vote, but it was generally disfavored by all on the JAC. I do not expect it would be approved in a second round of discussion, but they are welcome to submit it.
Fine. I don't think that one 80% white male 80% WASP institution should be in charge for something that affects the whole world.