Young Londoners push for world’s first Afro hair emojis

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Young Londoners push for world’s first Afro hair emojis

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 emojis of ****** 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.

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