What does your emoji skin tone choice say about you? Well, according to an article from NPR, your choice of yellow or a shade of brown when texting using emojis could speak to your level of “privilege.” One researcher quoted in the article argues, “‘the skin tone emojis make white people confront their race as people of colour often have to do’ . . . emojis are giving us a place ‘to think about who we are, and how we want to represent our identities, and maybe it does change depending on the season; depending on the context.’”
Is your emoji choice “a simple texting shortcut,” or does it “open a complex conversation about race and identity”? Well, that really depends on your starting point and whether you view the world through the lens of critical race theory and intersectionality, as the authors of this article (and those they quoted throughout it) clearly do. Rather than starting with God’s Word, they start with man’s ideas and interpret the world through that lens. And it leads to absurdity!
Starting from a biblical worldview, if I used such an emoji, I would choose brown because everyone is brown. No one is “black” or “white.” You see, the main pigment in our skin is melanin, and it’s a brown pigment (producing many different shades from dark to light)—so everyone is just a different shade of the same basic color: brown!
HD Editor’s Note: Why Is This News Biblically Relevant?
When Jesus’ disciples came to Him and asked, “What shall be the sign of thy coming, and of the end of the world?” Jesus explained to them that one of the signs that would precede His coming would be “nations” rising against “nations.”
The word “nations” found in this verse (Matthew 24:7) is from the Greek word “ethnos,” where we get our English word for “ethnicity.” Therefore, this verse can also be read that “ethnicity shall rise against ethnicity” in the last days.
Racism is not new. However, what is new to our generation is the fabricated racism taught in schools, espoused by media and reiterated by politicians. This stoking of division will, in the not too distant future, lead to genuine widespread racism. Racism is a sin, we are all created in the image of God. Creating division and hatred is a sin (Prov. 6:16-19, Luke 11:17, 1 John 2:9). All of these things are deeply rooted in a rebellion against God, His Word, and His design.
