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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Emoji to Gain Expanded Racial Diversity With Skin Tone Modifier Option in Mid-2015
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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...
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.
So, a non-skin color is the least racist possibility for such a thing. Adding specific skin colors will open the door to racism.
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.
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.
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.
They are EMOTicons. Emotion. The colors are (supposedly) representations of emotion. How do you not know this?
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!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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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.
I'm not sure what race the yellow smiley represented. Seemed pretty race-neutral to me.
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.
In an effort to be continually offended, all racial groups have demanded that emojis come in all colors.
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.
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".
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.
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.
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.
