Re:New Emojis in 2023-2024
by Findecanor on Saturday July 15, 2023 @11:06AM
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Nobody has a light yellow colour. It was chosen so as to not to refer to any ethnicity in particular.
BTW. If your skin actually has turned yellow then you should seek the nearest hospital emergency room ASAP, because it can be a sign of acute liver failure.
Like another commenter said in a sibling thread, yellow is still a non-dark color, and yellow characters represent white people in cartoons like The Simpsons.
Re:New Emojis in 2023-2024
by boondoggle16 on Saturday July 15, 2023 @02:11PM
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Dark has always been bad, light has always been good. Unfortunate that's the case.
Why do you think a yellow emoji represents a white skin color?
Have you watched the Simpsons? There's some powerful cultural baggage here.
Anyway, it certainly implies not-dark skin...
You may as well say it implies not-white skin as well. The only thing it implies in regard to skin color is bright yellow.
Re:New Emojis in 2023-2024
by Eisenstein on Saturday July 15, 2023 @02:59PM
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Then why is Apu brown?
Highlighted beyond irony by comments like this.