Comment on Nobody uses the white emojis

__Lost__@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• sunzu2@thebrainbin.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Did you feel that way when your non white friends did it though?

  I see some whites do it but it started after the non whites started picking the proper shade.

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  • seralth@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    All colored emojis feel racist to me. Even the white ones.

    Adding race to something that didn’t have it before is by definition racist. Because all your doing is creating racial divides where there was none before.

    It also reinforces the original color as the cultural normal. Instead of it just being generic.

    So yellow went from being just a thing to bring white. Cause now black or tan are “other” then default.

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  • violetsoftness@piefed.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I use them after a POC friend said they thought it was cool when white folks use them and i've never heard anyone complain about it before this thread. It never occurred to me before that but i have many kinds of privilege so i'll make any simple accommodation like that I can.

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  • MotoAsh@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Personally, I did a little bit, but then I looked up all the emojis available and my eyes glazed over and went insane for a moment.

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  • __Lost__@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    No, and that’s the part that makes it feel weird

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