On Wed, May 17, 2017 at 8:42 PM, Michael Everson <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 17 May 2017, at 17:13, Milos Rancic <[email protected]> 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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