a group of students and professionals from London have designed what they hope will be the first ever emojis of black and mixed race hairstyles Olivia muso is a senior creative behind the project and we wanted to do something that truly represented us and our hair the project is a partnership between youth Le organization rise 365 and PR agency good relations it aims to tackle texturism a form of discrimination where AF hair is perceived as unprofessional unattractive or unclean they said the designs will then be submitted to Unicode the California based organization that oversees Emoji creation for official consideration in April 2025 muso hopes the Emojis will make people feel empowered and actually seen I hope that they see that their hair is beautiful and should be celebrated