These are Apple’s new, diverse emoji

http://thenextweb.com/apple/2015/02/23/these-are-apples-new-diverse-emoji/

by tashoecraft • 11 years ago

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coldtea• 11 years ago

So, Apple, and the people that asked for this, think people of different ethnicity and color are shallow and easily amused by BS token "ethnically different" figures in emoji?

Most of politically correctness is white western paternalistic BS like this: yeah, we have 80% of prisoners be black, but lets add a black emoji character, that's diversity!

tashoecraft• 11 years ago

Yeah it is the same type of feel good, social media support as "liking" a diversity page on Facebook. Makes you feel good and act like you did something.

Everyone (I only saw white people like Miley Cyrus complaining) was getting all angry at Apple for not updating when it is the Unicode standard that they were following.

People should be able to choose an appropriate emoji that fits their ethnicity. It is like having 1 type of bandage in a "skin" tone that only works for white people. It is exclusive. But it isn't some big win for diversity, just something that should exist.

These are Apple’s new, diverse emoji

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