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I believe Black people were not really represented. Yellow can be interpreted as white or Asian but possible not African/black skin colour. For example at the "
by Synaesthesia 11y ago
I believe Black people were not really represented. Yellow can be interpreted as white or Asian but possible not African/black skin colour. For example at the "Princess" emoji it appears to be a blonde girl. So I want my princess emoji to look more like my girlfriend maybe. This is prevalent all over the world, here in South Africa for example If you look for example at childrens books and toys there is also a lack of representation of black skin colour.
- overgard 11y agoShould emoji "represent" anyone at all though? I always considered them an abstract representation of an emotional state, not a person. I guess the advantage of the old school method (punctuation marks, like ":-)" ) is that they're so abstract that they obviously represent an idea rather than a group or a person.
- Synaesthesia 11y agoI hear your argument, we do need to abstract away from race. That said with the black guy I can do a like a cool brother emoji, just need the comb in the hair ... the white man with the moustache can represent my dad from the 70's. ha ha ;-) Anyway there's that Microsoft grey emoji too, but it looks a bit bland.
- colllectorof 11y agoThat's my take on it as well. I guess it can make some sense to add skin color to emoji that represent people. But a lot of them represent emotions and mental states: "I'm happy" "I'm surprised" "I'm listening" Things that are universal to all humans. Will adding skin color to those emoji really enable better communication, or just create issues?
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