Using skin tone emojis is a seemingly easy choice that in reality can be fraught. NPR's Asma Khalid talks with writer and researcher Zara Rahman about the complexities behind the selection.

There are five skin tone emojis to choose from, but doing so can open a complex conversation about race and identity.

What it communicates, above all, is the hopeless unhipness of its sender. I use it anyway, mostly out of habit but also ...

How do you choose which emoji skin tone to use? This week on Why’d You Push That Button, Vox ’s Kaitlyn Tiffany and I discuss the five emoji skin tones (not counting the default gold option ...

Light-skin-tone symbols are used far less often in the U.S. than their darker counterparts. Does shame explain the disparity?

Because my skin is light, and worrying about my emoji hair color speaks to the fact that I've moved through the world mostly without thinking about how my complexion affects me.

After years of texting highlighter-yellow handshakes to our friends, multi-skin toned handshake emoji are coming to our phones in 2022. The Unicode Consortium, which — among other things ...

Thus, Copeland is fighting for more skin tones in the pointe shoe emojis. “In an era where Apple showcases diversity across its emoji spectrum, why is the pointe shoe left behind?

Emoji with darker skin tones are helping people feel included on social media, researchers have found, as they call for even more diversity in the little cartoons.

The company also revealed a set of new disability-themed emoji, which include a new guide dog, an ear with a hearing aid, wheelchairs and a prosthetic arm and leg.

Using skin tone emojis is a seemingly easy choice that in reality can be fraught. NPR's Asma Khalid talks with writer and researcher Zara Rahman about the complexities behind the selection.