Misty Copeland Is Calling For More Skin Tone Options In Pointe Shoe Emojis

Essence Magazine:

By Rayna Reid Rayford ·Updated October 10, 2023

Right now, if you’re trying to use a pointe shoe emoji, there’s only one option for users—and that’s the “European Pink.” But Black ballerina Misty Copeland is trying to change that.

At the end of September, the 41-year old– who broke barriers becoming the first Black woman principal dancer for American Ballet Theatre in 2015– “launched a petition Thursday to urge

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