A community-based group of young designers in London has big plans to expand the world of emojis, to reflect their own styles ...

Emojis featuring cornrows, locs, braids and afro hair, drawn by Rise.365 members Dante, Jayzik, Rafael and Reanna at Rise 365 Youth Club in Hackney, and digitalised by Good Relations Junior ...

Jayzik says there is a negative stereotype around coarser hair textures that needs to be removed For Jayzik, a young person working with community support group Rise.365, designing emojis with ...

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"(The emojis) would break down the society standards of your hair having to be straight to be seen as desirable," said Jayzik Duckoo, a 17-year-old who worked on the project. "I hope people wear ...

Aiming to break down beauty stereotypes and make the digital world more inclusive, a group of young students and professionals from London have designed what they hope will become the first ever ...

“(The emojis) would break down the society standards of your hair having to be straight to be seen as desirable,” said Ms Jayzik Duckoo, a 17-year-old who worked on the project. “I hope ...

RISE.365 and Good Relations took matters into their own hands to change that. An emoji featuring afro hair drawn by Rise.365 member Jayzik at Rise 365 Youth Club in Hackney, and digitalised by ...

Aiming to break down beauty stereotypes and make the digital world more inclusive, a group of young students and professionals from London have designed what they hope will become the first ever ...

A group of young people sketched what the emojis should look like, and then designers came up with the final product. Googling ‘Afro hair’ could help the emojis’ acceptance, as Unicode ...