Emojis Are About to Get More Ethnically Diverse

Published March 27, 2014 2:26pm ET



NATIONAL JOURNAL — There is an emoji of a lovestruck cat, but not one of a black person.


You may have noticed that the emoji keyboard, commonly used on Apple products, has a symbol for just about every occasion. You feel like grabbing some pho? BOOM. How about praying? You got it, buddy. For some reason, there is a grinning pile of poop. There are even two varieties of camels from which to choose.


But while the emoji keyboard has a corner on camel diversity, it lacks in ethnic diversity. The most it has is a guy in a turban and this apparently Asian man.


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