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Honest question to fellow white folx: Did y’all (or do you still) struggle with changing your emoji to match your skin tone? If so, why? If not, why not?Permalink On twitter.com
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I’ll start: When we first got the ability to adjust the color of some of our emoji, I struggled with what message I would be sending by changing mine. Would changing it to white signal my support for white supremacy? Surely I wouldn’t want to do that. 1/4Permalink On twitter.com
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Would changing my emoji skin tones regularly/randomly show support for inclusion on BIPoC? 🤦🏻♂️ (No. Don’t do this. See: appropriation.) 2/4Permalink On twitter.com
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Ultimately, I began to view “going white” with my emoji as an acknowledgement of my own whiteness and the ways I both participate in and benefit from white supremacy. It was a way of owning it and constantly reminding myself of my whiteness. 3/4Permalink On twitter.com
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I’ll be honest, it makes me uncomfortable and ashamed, but that discomfort is nothing compared to the real pain inflicted on folx by white supremacy. And it’s a reminder to do the work of educating myself & taking direct actions to undermine and dismantle white supremacy. 4/4On twitter.com
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Lots of posts on the web about how to change your skin tone on emoji, but not much on why you should consider it. I did just find this, which covers the topic pretty well: dearally.com/2019/06/25/10-should-white-people-use-white-skin-tone-emojis/Permalink On twitter.com
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Perfectly said: My first recommendation is to stop and appreciate for a moment, “Oh, I am now experiencing a tiny sliver of the stress and mental load that people of color in the U.S. experience all day, every day. Wow, that’s a lot.”Permalink On twitter.com