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This was answered pretty thoroughly elsewhere on this thread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27047379 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27047379
by runarberg 6y ago
This was answered pretty thoroughly elsewhere on this thread:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27047379 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27047379
- galgalesh 6y agoIn addition, I'd like to add this quote from the original draft introducing skin tones in unicode: > The Unicode emoji characters for people and body parts are meant to be generic, yet following the precedents set by the original Japanese carrier images, they are often shown with a light skin tone instead of a more generic (nonhuman) appearance, such as a yellow/orange color or a silhouette.
- Chris2048 6y agoBy "pretty thoroughly" you mean "they mention the Simpsons and extrapolate"? Because Springfield is pretty explicitly set in North America, with a strong indication the characters are white - no such context exists in emojis.