Yeah you don’t get it and never will, that’s a shame
Comment on Is there any significance to people using emojis that match their skin tone?
Thorny_Insight@lemm.ee 3 weeks agoI quess we need a billion more variations of those emojis then. Lets keep paying more attention to the skin color of people. That seems like a great idea.
algorithmae@lemmy.sdf.org 3 weeks ago
Thorny_Insight@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
Ad hominem is not an argument to the contrary
algorithmae@lemmy.sdf.org 3 weeks ago
No, but having a blindfold on doesn’t suddenly make it okay to punch someone
sparkle@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
Something people living in almost entirely racially homogenous countries don’t get is that you can’t help the problem of racism by trying to ignore it. The only way to correctly address racism is to realize that it exists, that people do have biases based on race & ethnicity, that there are groups that are underrepresented, and to actively work to provide more ways for people to represent themselves and their identity.
Acting “colorblind” just makes the problem of racism worse, as it means you’d be acting blind to obvious biases based on race… including people who are part of a certain in-group (or multiple in-groups) being overrepresented, or people of an out-group being underrepresented or represented poorly/highly stereotypically… there is no morally just approach to discrimination which attempts to pay no attention to the trait being discriminated against.
It’s pride month, this is like literally one of the most relevant times of year to this… It shouldn’t be a problem that people who have different skin tones have slightly more variants of emojis to express themselves with.