Drawings of Afro hair emojis are seen at the Concorde Youth Club in Hackney, east London, Britain. — Reuters
LONDON: 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 emojis of Black and mixed-race hairstyles.
The project, a partnership between youth-led organisation RISE.365 and PR agency Good Relations, aims to tackle texturism, a form of discrimination where Afro hair is often perceived as "unprofessional", "unattractive" or "unclean", they said.
