As a white person, I am as excited as everyone that there are many new racial options for some of the hand and face emoji … and I want to use them. Obviously, I was someone who was not happy ...

The proposal notes that emoji can technically already be rendered in two palettes: in color ("emoji representation") or in black and white ("text presentation"), depending on what the environment ...

Unsurprisingly, emoji white Santa looks content. Unsurprisingly, emoji white Santa looks content. ... First, the skin contrast: There is more contrast in all the elements of black Santa’s face.

You can explain to her that, as a white person, she has a lot of privilege, both on her phone and face to face. By trying on black skin when it is fun, safe and convenient, your daughter is ...

Apple on Thursday introduced its new racially diverse emoji, allowing users to cycle through various shades of white and brown to customize their emoji’s skin colors.. Some rejoiced, with ...

Each human-like emoji, from the smiley face to the thumbs-up, will be available in one of five skin tones. And emoji that do not have a racial modifier will no longer appear as white—they’ll ...

Apple added eight new emoji to all iPhones when the company released iOS 18.4 in March, and Samsung brought those same emoji ...

In other words, there are no people of color included in this update of more than 200 new emoji characters. There are three faces of color, but only if you count both the black moon and the ...

History will mark April 28, 2015 as the first time a sitting U.S. President expressed thankfulness for “manga and anime, and, of course, emojis,” and on the White House lawn, no less. The ...

As it turns out, there's a pretty strange history behind the icon involving ska music, Peter Tosh and the guy who created Comic Sans. MIBSL was born in the late '90s, while Microsoft was working ...

Finally, an emoji to represent us all is coming soon: An exhausted face with bags under its eyes. It’s one of eight new emojis that will appear on smartphones and computers next year, which also ...