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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/51047570

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[–] sc2pirate@lemmy.world 19 points 2 months ago (2 children)

A couple people at work use the white/black emojis instead of the yellow. I don't know why, but it always seems weird to me that you took the extra time to select your race.

[–] Stillwater@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 months ago

Same here. I do see people use the white/black emoji at work. I also find it somehow strange and leave mine on the default yellow

[–] KoalaUnknown@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

On iPhone it auto-changes them to the skin color of your memoji. πŸ‘πŸΌ

[–] DancingBear@midwest.social 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

How do I find my Memoji lol

[–] sc2pirate@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

Interesting, now I need to do some subtle questioning and see if they are iPhone users. I really appreciate the new knowledge and perspective!

[–] Hereforpron2@lemmynsfw.com 10 points 2 months ago

I always feel a little weird in a work chat when folks have gone out of there way to select their exact skin tone and I'm just like, yeah yellow will do.

[–] unknown@piefed.social 6 points 2 months ago

Because yellow is already the default for white.

The link is to an interesting half hour video essay by Lily Alexandre on this topic.

[–] TabbsTheBat@pawb.social 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] Sendpicsofsandwiches@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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[–] TabbsTheBat@pawb.social 4 points 2 months ago

Trucker's tan on the one arm lol

[–] Kolanaki@pawb.social 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

I was using the white skinned people emojis until it was changed and made the shirt color the same across all skin colors. I just liked the purple shirt more than green. Which is now on the separate female version emoji. πŸ€·πŸΌβ€β™‚οΈπŸ€·β€β™€οΈ

They're also way the fuck down in the big list and have to be long tapped to change. I didn't even know you could do that for a hella long time.

[–] rain_worl@lemmy.world 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] Apytele@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Yeah I and all the other white people I know just use the yellow ones. That said I'm not gonna tell other people how to personally process their generational race trauma so.

[–] DancingBear@midwest.social 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I think some of my emojis are white and some are yellow I don’t know why maybe I chose a color close to me but I hear you

It’s not easy being green 😒

[–] Twinklebreeze@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I use some of the white ones. πŸ‘πŸ»πŸ‘ŽπŸ»πŸ‘ŒπŸ» All the rest are yellow.

[–] DancingBear@midwest.social 0 points 1 week ago

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