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.

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Emojis tackle racial diversity

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Apple emoji embraces racial diversity

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Emoji Skin Tone Modifiers: Analyzing Variation in Usage on Social Media

Understanding the meaning of emoji in mobile social payments: Exploring the use of mobile payments as hedonic versus utilitarian through skin tone modified emoji usage - Dhiraj Murthy, Sabitha Sudarshan, Jung-Ah Lee

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Why the Emoji Skin Tone You Choose Matters

Emoji Skin Tone Modifiers: Analyzing Variation in Usage on Social Media