--- title: Emojis: Apple to Add New Racially Diverse Emojis to iPhone description: This has taken way too long canonical: https://time.com/40097/apple-racially-diverse-emojis/ author: Laura Stampler article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-03-27T14:57:58.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-05-11T04:48:45.377Z og:title: Apple Is Finally Adding Racially Diverse Emojis That Aren't Complete Stereotypes og:description: This has taken way too long og:url: https://time.com/40097/apple-racially-diverse-emojis/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Apple Is Finally Adding Racially Diverse Emojis That Aren't Complete Stereotypes twitter:description: This has taken way too long twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Apple Is Finally Working on Racially Diverse Emojis That Aren't Complete Stereotypes > Sponsored content. 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Other than salsa dancing Latinas and turban wearing South East Asians, faces, families and even hand gestures have always, well, looked like this:  And that’s just a rough sampling. Emojis have infiltrated our modern lexicon. [Some advertisers](http://time.com/33548/peta-uses-emojis-to-shame-people-in-its-latest-ad/) have even exclusively used the language to reach a millennial audience in commercials. And now, finally, after years of people [petitioning](http://www.dailydot.com/lifestyle/emoji-racist-petition/), [tweeting](http://betabeat.com/2012/12/miley-cyrus-emoji-racist-iphone/), and [begging](http://www.buzzfeed.com/ryanhatesthis/people-are-really-mad-that-there-are-no-black-emoj) for a racially diverse representation, Apple is making an “effort to update the standard.” An Apple VP emailed an [MTV blogger who asked Tim Cook what the deal was:](http://act.mtv.com/posts/apple-responds-to-lack-of-diversity-in-emojis/) --- > “” --- Finally! Diverse emojis were indisputably the most egregious absence in the the pictorial language. But as long as Apple is updating selection, here are a few other things we’d like to see: * A menorah. Or really any religious symbol outside of Christianity. (No offense Santa.) * Men dancing. They like to salsa, too! * More food. Tacos, bacon, for the love of God some CHEESE. * Beyonce’s face with a crown on top * A mustache. Or if the hipsters petition effectively, [a monocle ](http://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/06/fashion/the-monocle-returns-as-a-fashion-accessory.html?%5Fr=0). * A big middle finger, because come on Apple. 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