I gotta say that is potentially a great topic, given the significant role emoji’s (and memes, animated gifs, etc.) now play in digital communication, and lately I’ve noticed some platforms offering a variety of, shall we say, skin tones for emojis — I look forward to reading your take.

If you will allow me, I started to scratch the surface, albeit from a silly, tongue-in-cheek angle, and even there I had a run-in with elements of race, vanity, self-consciousness …