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  • Which skin color emoji should you use? The answer can be more complex than you think

    02/09/2022 1:44:20 PM PST · by MAGA2017 · 67 replies
    NPR ^ | 2/9/22 | ALEJANDRA MARQUEZ JANSE
    Heath Racela identifies as three-quarters white and one-quarter Filipino. When texting, he chooses a yellow emoji instead of a skin tone option, because he feels it doesn't represent any specific ethnicity or color. He doesn't want people to view his texts in a particular way. He wants to go with what he sees as the neutral option and focus on the message. "I present as very pale, very light skinned. And if I use the white emoji, I feel like I'm betraying the part of myself that's Filipino," Racela, of Littleton, Mass., said. "But if I use a darker color...