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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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kemayo 1063 days ago
Have you watched the Simpsons? There's some powerful cultural baggage here.

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

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jononomo 1063 days ago
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.
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Eisenstein 1063 days ago
Then why is Apu brown?
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jononomo 1063 days ago
Why are tomatoes red?
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