i think people have trouble with the ones mentioned in the original post NOT the ones you have shown
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Emoji to Gain Expanded Racial Diversity With Skin Tone Modifier Option in Mid-2015
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i think people have trouble with the ones mentioned in the original post NOT the ones you have shown
The original emoji set was very white.
That alone caused it to be dragged into the political sphere.
Would your reaction be the same if all the original emojis were of a black skin color?
Remember, this racial bias affects people as they grow up, with toddlers using iPads these days..
Not wanting more skin tone choices doesn't make you racist. People are using the racist word too flippantly here. The fact that when emojis of different skin tones were created, you took an issue with it, makes you ignorant. Don't take that as an attack on your character either, it isn't meant as one.
Even that complaint is dumb.
The new spec allows one to color those yellow smiley faces any way they want them to.
This is a great idea.
They should also create emojis for bearded people. And albinos. And people with acne. And freckles. And every combination of those. Because these people seem a wee bit underrepresented, and I want as much diversity in my emoticons as I can have, because current emoticons can't get their job done.
Sure doesn't seem like they wanted any black people?
lol @ people subtly not wanting black people to be included in their activities.
Personally, I think the "emoticon people" (are there really such people?) should be focussing on ANIMATING the emoticons rather than coloring them in. Wouldn't it be cool if we could REALLY roll the eyes of the smiley face, rather than giving something like this... 
It just looks like he's looking up in the air, like he's thinking of something, rather than going through the motion of eye rolling. Also, the blue skin thing really just makes him look kind of chilly. Now, I'll have the same "looking-up" thing, but multiple shades of yellow, peach and tan instead of blue. Wow.
Now, aside from the politically correct B.S. that everyone is CORRECTLY complaining about, my real complaint is that the emoticons DON'T MOVE. It's almost 2015, for God's sake!! That's the year of flying cars, hovering skateboards, and auto-lacing sneakers! Shouldn't they have emoticons that can actually roll their eyes?!? Sheesh!!! (sorry, I couldn't resist)
It just looks like he's looking up in the air, like he's thinking of something, rather than going through the motion of eye rolling. Also, the blue skin thing really just makes him look kind of chilly. Now, I'll have the same "looking-up" thing, but multiple shades of yellow, peach and tan instead of blue. Wow.
Now, aside from the politically correct B.S. that everyone is CORRECTLY complaining about, my real complaint is that the emoticons DON'T MOVE. It's almost 2015, for God's sake!! That's the year of flying cars, hovering skateboards, and auto-lacing sneakers! Shouldn't they have emoticons that can actually roll their eyes?!? Sheesh!!!
(sorry, I couldn't resist)
They already brought race into this.
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Why were they all white in the first place?
Nonsense.
Unicode is an international standard usable by all of human kind. A set of the anthropomorphic icons at present only show white(ish) skin. What's the harm in letting the rest of the world have icons that look just a little bit more like them?
If it's worth making icons that have white flesh, why isn't it worth making icons that have other colours too?
What's the harm?
