People Are Demanding More Representative Emoji, But Inclusion Runs Deeper

Have emoji devolved, flattened or elevated language? Or wait — are they their own language, or an augmentation of our existing one?

While by definition, ‘emoji’ is the combination of two Japanese words: e, ‘picture’ and moji, ‘character’, they act as the substitute of words (🏡 = a house) and as an extension of expression (💀 = I’m dead from laughing or …