Why skin tone modifiers don't work for ?, explained by an emoji historian

Why doesn't the ? emoji support skin tones? It's a mystery that has troubled Redditors for years — so we asked an emoji historian to break it down for us.

Is It Okay to Use White Emoji? - The Atlantic

Racial Diversity FTW: Get Ready For More Emojis Of Color

The winding, heated, and absurdly technical oral history of the ginger emoji

Working with Emoji skin tones in apps

Using skin color emojis in chat can open a complex discussion on race : NPR

Emojis tackle racial diversity

PDF] How Gender and Skin Tone Modifiers Affect Emoji Semantics in Twitter

In iOS, the handshake emoji is the only skin-based emoji where you can't change the color of the skin. : r/ios

Emoji to Gain Expanded Racial Diversity With Skin Tone Modifier Option in Mid-2015 - MacRumors

Lego skin tones over time : r/dataisbeautiful

Everything You Need To Know About Emoji 🍭 — Smashing Magazine

Full article: Skin-tone modified emoji and first-person indexicality

Is It Okay to Use White Emoji? - The Atlantic