Posted on 11/05/2014 6:56:37 AM PST by posterchild
The Unicode Consortium has released a technical report (via Emojipedia) detailing a new method for handling the representation of multi-ethnic groups in emoji. Previous guidelines have stated that emoji people be "as neutral as possible regarding race, ethnicity, and gender". Unless the emoji calls out specific gender or racial cues, then a "generic (inhuman) appearance, such as a yellow/orange color or a silhouette" should be used in its place.
(Excerpt) Read more at macrumors.com ...
I’ve seen the future.
It’s beige.
That should get the white supremacists worked up.
This issue has been at the top of my list of concerns.
I will sleep better tonight..
An Asian friend jokingly proclaimed “We’ve got the default skin color!”
How will we represent our LBGTQIAZ friends?
None of them match my skin tone.
None with wrinkles and age spots. It’s age discrimination.
Emoji? Qu’est que c’est?
I wonder exactly how many neurons in my brain are now wasted because they being used to store this useless information.
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