Look, we’re not saying that we’re saving the country one conversation about emojis at a time. We just don’t see anyone else out there asking the difficult questions. Case in point:

I have a confession to make. Before Neil asked me about the white emojis, I never really paid attention to the shades getting lighter. I just assumed they were lighter shades for POC and chose the one that matched me best. Why?:

Btw, white allies, don’t do that ^. I hate to sound like the NRA but stay your lane (may I never repeat another thing the NRA says). Continuing below, “supremacisty” was definitely on purpose:

Good job, Neil. Asking the tough questions and slyly referencing a past MNS blog post.

And we did post it. Problem solved. We ask the tough questions and put them out into the world. Feel free to use this post as a conversation starter in your upcoming family holiday discussions. What could go wrong?