Intentions matter in these questions. You’ll know it when you see it if it is in bad taste.
Comment on Is there any significance to people using emojis that match their skin tone?
AmidFuror@fedia.io 3 weeks ago
Is it considered poor taste to use darker emoji colors if you are white?
InternetCitizen2@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
snooggums@midwest.social 3 weeks ago
Only if you are using them to convey some kind of racist message or pretending to be someone of color.
brbposting@sh.itjust.works 3 weeks ago
Without necessarily offering an opinion myself, there’s absolutely a chance someone views it as being in poor taste, thus at the least I would avoid doing it outside of conversations with those you know well.
OlPatchy2Eyes@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Other responses are kind of fence-sitting so I’m gonna go out on a limb here and say yeah it’s poor taste, but forgiveable. I think it just boils down to why would you use a skin tone that’s not yours? Some people like having an emoji that’s they share with others of their color, so why intrude on that?
Today@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Like emoji blackface?
In one app I’m a girl with medium skin tone and dark hair. In another I’m a pale boy with red blond hair. No idea how either one was chosen.