[magguzu]

Why are the Simpsons yellow, yet the black guy in the show is black?

There's no "neutral" rather its just "white without specifying it"

[graemep]

That is your perception. What is neutral is cultural, maybe personal.

I grew up in two multi-cultural places so do not have the same default perceptions.

[F3nd0]

Why should the Simpsons hold any relevance to emoji?