A classic Radio 4 Sunday feature this morning:
We heard from Muslim headscarf-wearing Rayouf explaining "why this matters to her", then BBC presenter William Crawley talked to Vyv Evans, professor of linguistics at Bangor University, about emojis and religion. William worried about the "danger" that someone might combine such an emoji with the head of a dog....
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| ...presumably this sort of thing... |
.... "which would be offensive to many people" ....
.... but wondered if "an emoji hijab on a smartphone" might "actually change how some people see hijabs in the real world".
Prof. Evans thought it might and this this hijab emoji is "very, very important". Such an "inclusive" development might also make hijab-wearers feel better about themselves, and take such technology beyond "white, middle-aged, male, corporate" types.
Prof. Evans thought it might and this this hijab emoji is "very, very important". Such an "inclusive" development might also make hijab-wearers feel better about themselves, and take such technology beyond "white, middle-aged, male, corporate" types.
Classic Radio 4.
