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I'm wondering the exact same thing. It's a nonissue through and through. You get a few more emoji icons in the set that are entirely up to you to you can use if you want to, or not use if you don't. That's it.

It really is sad that many people don't even know that they're racist.

They're not really self-aware.

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so sick of this Politically correct country. Gosh people lighten up.

Says the angry person...
 
The funny thing is that these will very likely be used mostly for racist jokes

E.g. WATERMELON
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Moronic. See, the yellow of traditional emoticons is not a skin color, hence why it was chosen. I know there have been racial references to "yellow" skinned people over the years, but it is unrelated, not even close to the lemon yellow of Have A Nice Day tshirts that spawned emoji of the same color.

So, a non-skin color is the least racist possibility for such a thing. Adding specific skin colors will open the door to racism.
 
I think some people, like me, would rather not have this issue at all. Emojis depicting people are typically just expressive to convey certain emotions. They shouldn’t even have a skin tone to begin with. There is nothing wrong with the generic smileys, because they don’t favour any human skin tone and leave the entire issue open. Once you start incorporating skin tones, you’re opening a can of worms.

Exactly correct.

For me, it is more racist to interpret, and then tweak, emojis in terms of skin colour.

They are symbols of emotion. Every race and colour feels emotion. These are universal. They are not skin-colour dependant.

Introducing skin colour is creating a race issue, where previously there was none.
 
There is nothing wrong with the generic smileys, because they don’t favour any human skin tone and leave the entire issue open. Once you start incorporating skin tones, you’re opening a can of worms.

I do see your point, actually. I don't know, if someone feels like they want to use certain color emoji, I guess why not. I do think they should keep the yellow or some other nonhuman color as a way to let people use a skin-neutral one as we have now.
 
Amazing that people dreaming up outrage over non-existent problems.

This thread is but one example.
Oh, yeah? Look, here's a genius accusing people of racism over non-racist issues. Why would such an accusation bother me at all? Yeah.
It really is sad that many people don't even know that they're racist.

They're not really self-aware.

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Says the angry person...
They are EMOTicons. Emotion. The colors are (supposedly) representations of emotion. How do you not know this?
 
Amazing that people dreaming up outrage over non-existent problems.

This thread is but one example.

When confronted with the absurdity of the world (literally injecting skin tone where it henceforth hadn't been), one cannot help but laugh hysterically.

;) <--- This still doesn't represent me! I demand an end to MR's blue privilege!
 
Exactly correct.

For me, it is more racist to interpret, and then tweak, emojis in terms of skin colour.

They are symbols of emotion. Every race and colour feels emotion. These are universal. They are not skin-colour dependant.

Introducing skin colour is creating a race issue, where previously there was none.

There are many emoji characters that aren't just smiley faces.

Many of the characters show real people, as well as faces.

What skin color should they show?

Also, I want a hot-pink smiley face. How do I show that?

This new spec solves both those problems.
 
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lol @ all the white people complaining.

This is just straight up racism. You're being racist against non-whites, asserting that they aren't complaining, and you're being racist against whites, asserting that they are complaining.

The individual's race doesn't dictate where they stand on this issue, and thinking that their thought process can be determined just by their race is racist.
 
They look like cookies.

I'm not sure what race the yellow smiley represented. Seemed pretty race-neutral to me.
 
Why would you assume it's white people that are complaining? It's not a white emoticon that's being expanded upon. It's YELLOW. As in, straight up yellow, nowhere even close to a tone of skin that you'd see on earth.

Because typically in cases like this where race gets inclusion, white people are the ones to note that other races were never excluded. It's not about exclusion at all, it's about choice. You'll rarely see a person of color say, "oh no, not more chances to represent myself and how I feel". But you will see a person of a majority race complaining about the creation of choice because they can't discern the difference between choice and exclusion. They think because options are now given, the minority race must have felt excluded.

And just to note, I'm sure there are many white people who aren't complaining or don't care. And I'm sure there are people of color who may complain or don't care. But if you read upthread there's already a couple of "well where's the white one" comments already. And the majority of comments in any race post on MacRumors shows how uneducated most are in the matter.

Yellow is closer in skin tone to lighter skinned people than it is to darker skinned ones. Some may feel they don't have an equal representation. There's nothing wrong with variation. It's not like the standard yellow will be gone and you can't use it anymore. If more options makes someone else happier, why are you against it?

That being said, I don't care about this either way. If it makes other people happy, cool. I don't use emoticons.
 
This is just straight up racism. You're being racist against non-whites, asserting that they aren't complaining, and you're being racist against whites, asserting that they are complaining.

The individual's race doesn't dictate where they stand on this issue, and thinking that their thought process can be determined just by their race is racist.

This is incorrect.

A person's race does play into their thought process.

Their skin color actually leads them to experience life differently.

That's why different races have different views.
 
In an effort to be continually offended, all racial groups have demanded that emojis come in all colors.

Ironically, it's always idiot white people behind this nonsense. Most "racial groups" couldn't give a rat's ass about yellow emojis being yellow.

It's always some liberal white idiot who feels the need to "protect the brown people" like he's some savior.

It's called the "white savior complex".
 
Ironically, it's always idiot white people behind this nonsense. Most "racial groups" couldn't give a rat's ass about yellow emojis being yellow.

It's always some liberal white idiot.

And it's always a conservative white that complains about race.

To a conservative white, only white people should be represented.

Conservative whites hate it when people identify themselves as non-whites.
 
Ok, people. Here's the problem.
What if i'm a half-alien half-human being. My skin is blue.
Can i sue Apple for racism?
 
Some people think it's stupid because they believe only white people should be represented in the world.

We call those people "racist".

The best part is that they don't know it.

Do you even realize that emoji come from Japan, and I'm pretty sure the Japanese didn't set the emoji to be like "white people" - you yourself are exibiting the American-centric white thought process, that the world revolves around you and white people. Emoji weren't even created by white people, and were sure as hell never made to represent white people. Get a clue.

And actually, this goes for everyone in this thread, errantly thinking emojis represent white people. Ain't the case, never has been.
 
This is incorrect.

A person's race does play into their thought process.

Their skin color actually leads them to experience life differently.

That's why different races have different views.

OMG, the person screaming racist, just gave us the textbook example of racism.

People are different and trying to say that race determines things is exactly what racism is. There is more variety within each race than difference between race.

How can you not see that if anyone in this tread is racist it's you.

Races don't have views. People do.
 
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