Heath Racela identifies as three-quarters white and one-quarter Filipino. When texting, he chooses a yellow emoji instead of a skin tone option, because he feels it doesn't represent any specific ...

NEW YORK – In 1664, Maryland passed the first British colonial law banning marriage between whites and slaves. An 1883 U.S. Supreme Court ruling that state prohibitions on interracial marriage don’t ...

In the world of Snapchat, emojis indicate who is friends with whom and how strong that friendship is. The emoji—or emojis—that appears next to users' and their friends' names in the app can tell them ...

The Unicode Consortium is gearing up to approve the next batch of upcoming emoji. Here's what you can expect to see later this year. With World Emoji Day just around the corner, you may be curious as ...

There are five skin tone emojis to choose from, but doing so can open a complex conversation about race and identity. Which skin color emoji should you use? The answer can be more complex than you ...