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Are the Tigerdroppings Emoticons Racist?
Posted on 8/27/13 at 3:19 pm
Posted on 8/27/13 at 3:19 pm
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If you spend a decent amount of time on the internet, chances are you've heard people raising hell because there are no African-American Emoji icons.
Diversity-minded texters are now actually trying to do something about the emoticon racism problem, by petitioning Apple to add more people of color to its Emoji keyboard. "If these Emoji are going to be the texting and Twitter standard, we think it’d be cool if they better reflected the diversity of the people using them," argues a petition currently up on DoSomething.org, spotted by Fast Company.
The petition laments that out of 800 emoticons, the only two person icons that aren't white: a guy who looks "vaguely Asian" and another wearing a turban. Meanwhile, it points out, there are two different camels, a smiling pile of poo, and a cop, bride, grandma and dancer, all white. But zero black people.
https://motherboard.vice.com/blog/the-petition-to-make-emoji-less-racist
Do we have any black emoticons?
Should we get some?
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Posted on 8/27/13 at 3:22 pm to Hugo Stiglitz
do we have any white ones? i know the asian and native americans are well represented
Posted on 8/27/13 at 3:24 pm to Hugo Stiglitz
Posted on 8/27/13 at 3:24 pm to Flair Chops
Posted on 8/27/13 at 3:25 pm to Hugo Stiglitz
Hugo, what the frick?
Posted on 8/27/13 at 3:27 pm to Hugo Stiglitz
that black people emoji under the story looks like asian emoji donning the never-racist blackface
Posted on 8/27/13 at 3:27 pm to Flair Chops
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do we have any white ones?
Posted on 8/27/13 at 3:27 pm to Hugo Stiglitz
Posted on 8/27/13 at 3:28 pm to Hugo Stiglitz
Posted on 8/27/13 at 3:29 pm to Flair Chops
The hijack emote is clearly a yellow smiley in a black mask.
This post was edited on 8/27/13 at 3:30 pm
Posted on 8/27/13 at 3:31 pm to Hugo Stiglitz
what about your precious 
? clearly a brother is piloting that one
? clearly a brother is piloting that onePosted on 8/27/13 at 3:34 pm to Flair Chops
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what about your precious ? clearly a brother is piloting that one
#blackhelicopterpilot
Posted on 8/27/13 at 3:43 pm to Charter n Coke
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Charter n Coke
Do you even alter bro?
Posted on 8/27/13 at 3:45 pm to hawgfaninc
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Do you even alter bro?
It takes and alter to have seen BHP post?
Posted on 8/27/13 at 3:55 pm to Hugo Stiglitz
This one has to be black, right?
Posted on 8/27/13 at 4:08 pm to Hugo Stiglitz
here you go
Posted on 8/27/13 at 4:48 pm to blueboy
i think it'll be pretty funny to have black ones. I hope this happens.
Posted on 8/27/13 at 5:18 pm to Hugo Stiglitz
Td's emotes are asian
Posted on 8/27/13 at 5:36 pm to Hugo Stiglitz
i support this thread
Posted on 8/27/13 at 5:49 pm to Hugo Stiglitz
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