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Coding Diversity Into Keyboards One Emoji At A Time
In its attempt to represent a broader spectrum of ethnic faces through emoji, says Bernie Hogan, the Unicode Consortium is both addressing users’ needs and facing a new set of potential problems.
“Right now within political circles online, there’s a lot of concern about voice, authenticity, representation and cultural appropriation — imagine people claiming who can and cannot use certain emoji,” he said. “I can imagine ‘22 White People Who Use the Black Emoji Wrong.’ That list is going to write itself.”
Via NPR’s Codeswitch
Credit: Emojis via the Unicode Consortium