Emojis add nuance to boring text — but in the past, the characters didn't represent all members of society. They do now. ️
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00:00Hey! Konnichiwa!
00:03Sorry, emoticons!
00:30I'm hearing a lot from people with disabilities.
00:49We need greater services everywhere that we go for them.
00:53I mean, emoji, okay, it's something.
00:56It's a step.
00:57But we need something greater than just that.
00:59Okay, I guess we can be happy for an inclusion in a small step.
01:20People were trying to say the word, I.
01:23They were trying to describe themselves.
01:26And so in a way, I was helping billions of people say the word, I.
01:56We are seeing these things growing up.
02:12So it's a shared visual language from when they are young to understand that these are things that the world cares about.
02:19That it should give them a more inclusive understanding of the world.
02:22That's my hope.
02:27Girls love emojis, but there aren't enough emojis to say what girls do.
02:33That's just how things are.
03:26In today's world, everyone's texting.
03:33Everyone's on their phone.
03:34Emojis, that's another language, basically.
03:37And so it kind of is really important that it reflects the world we live in.
03:41And that everyone can find an emoji that represents them and their life and their relationships.
03:45And I think it's really cool.