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      • seralth@lemmy.world
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        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.

      • VioletSoftness@piefed.blahaj.zone
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        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.