Black or White but never neutral: How readers perceive identity from yellow or skin-toned emoji · HackerPapers discussionshttps://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/2105.05887/Collected HN comments and submissions linking this paper.enMon, 02 Nov 2026 11:16:22 GMTBlack or White but never neutral: How readers perceive identity from yellow or skin-toned emoji — mentioned by jl6https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31346379urn:hackerpapers:mention:2105.05887:31346379Wed, 11 May 2022 21:55:52 GMT<p>It’s interesting that the previous “neutral” yellow emojis are widely viewed as white: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2105.05887.pdf My explanation is that The Simpsons trained us to view yellow cartoon characters as white.</p><p><a href="https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/2105.05887/">Paper and discussion history</a>. A mention is not an endorsement.</p>cs.CL