> what has the actual consequence of the skin-tone-modifier been on real-world emoji use? The blog post gave some good examples. https://www.theatlantic.com/p

> what has the actual consequence of the skin-tone-modifier been on real-world emoji use? The blog post gave some good examples. https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/05/white-people-dont-use-white-emoji/481695/ https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/05/white-p... http://www.businessinsider.com/kendall-jenner-used-darker-emoji-than-her-skin-tone-2017-8?IR=T http://www.businessinsider.com/kendall-jenner-used-darker-em... I don't think white people use white emoji because being white isn't part of their self-identity. That's one of the normalizing qualities of being the dominant type (e.g. Hollywood). Just like nobody points out that they are heterosexual. I live in Mexico and my darker skinner friends use the color tinted emojis.