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by jononomo 1063 days ago
Why do you think a yellow emoji represents a white skin color?
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Have you watched the Simpsons? There's some powerful cultural baggage here.

Anyway, it certainly implies not-dark skin...

You may as well say it implies not-white skin as well. The only thing it implies in regard to skin color is bright yellow.
Then why is Apu brown?
Why are tomatoes red?