Once just a quick tap on a screen, emojis are now quiet statements worn on sleeves, nails, and tote bags. This World Emoji ...

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.

The yellow heart emoji along with the other was approved under Unicode 60 in 2010. Across all social platforms the yellow emoji comes with a golden hue which looks amazing when shared. The yellow ...

The new emoji reduce these six types into five by combining types I and II, and then leaving the rest alone. So the ones that display as yellow on iOS devices? They're not meant to be part of the ...

The yellow color is just the neutral default — the same color as the race-less smiley-face emoji — and doesn't represent a skin color.

And that's because, depending on your race, they could denote white privilege, especially if you use the yellow thumbs-up emoji.

Last week, news came that the great emoji disparity would finally be addressed: In Apple’s next version of its phone and desktop operating systems, users would be able to type emoji people of ...

The Holy Moly emoji, aka Holay Molay, is a wide-eyed yellow emoticon that exclaims 'the phrase 'Holy Moly!' in a speech bubble over its head.

Why I don’t use the white emoji — and what that says about implicit racial bias Recognizing white privilege doesn’t mean we have to apologize for being white .

Xanthophobia is defined as the fear of the colour yellow. This phobia is often rooted in negative experiences or trauma associated with the colour yellow, causing individuals to feel anxious or ...

NPR was mocked on Twitter after it published an article suggesting that white people using the default yellow "thumbs up" emoji was somehow indicative of white privilege.