I think it'd be way better if Apple simply randomized the emoji skin color on each use rather than forcing us to choose.
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(Though, to be clear, I am strongly in favor of moving away from the original implicit statement of white = standard.)
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@patrickc the thing I find weird about all this is that those emoji were definitely yellow (and not white) originally, or am I just crazy? - 2 more replies
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@patrickc there's a whole Masters Thesis in identity politics bundled up in your tweet :whitesmiley:Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@patrickc We are the golden generation. Post-racial? No! Post-emoji - 1 more reply
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@patrickc The new Windows 10 emoji by default use grey skin—walking-dead, probably. Bonus: they added middle finger.pic.twitter.com/TxGhOkiVRX
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@patrickc to me this isn't so hard, skin color ~matches that of the sender (just like my actual thumb IRL) but the surfer is an edge caseThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@patrickc agreed. besides, the original hue was so unnatural that it represented everyone and nobody simultaneously. noone looks like
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