People are outraged over Apple’s new feet emojis

Apple has released an influx of new emojis for customers looking for more ways to express their thoughts through symbols. 

But it wouldn’t be an emoji release without some controversy on the new options. 

The latest update includes the foot emoji for anyone who had the urge to express the body part through symbols. But some outraged Apple users said the emoji was disgraceful and was ‘overthinking diversity.

Update: Apple released more than 100 new emojis for the iPhone’s latest update

New: One of the newest emojis was a foot in six different skin tones

New: One of the newest emojis was a foot in six different skin tones

Funny: Some people thought it was going to bring out the foot fetish in everyone with the release of the latest emoji 

Funny: Some people thought it was going to bring out the foot fetish in everyone with the release of the latest emoji 

Upset: But others thought there was a problem with one of the feet in the bunch 

Upset: But others thought there was a problem with one of the feet in the bunch 

Similar to the other emojis that include skin tone, the foot symbol features six different shades for inclusivity. 

Not right: People said that no one's foot was that black on the bottom  

Not right: People said that no one’s foot was that black on the bottom  

But the foot with the darkest skintone has caused outrage among some because of how unrealistic it is; the emoji image shows the bottom of the foot, an area that is usually considered to be a very similar pale shade for every different race. 

However, clearly eager to ensure that the different skintones could be distinguished, Apple’s new feet emoji show the soles as having the same shade of skin as the rest of the body – something that has irked plenty of social media users.

‘Y’all overthink diversity and inclusion like s***. Who got a black a** bottom on their foot?’ One person wrote on Twitter after seeing the new emoji update.  

Another person agreed, writing: ‘Doing too much – if the bottom of your foot is black you should be visiting your doctor.’

Some people believed that the reason why the foot emoji looked so off was because the designers had never encountered a black person’s foot. 

‘Y’all just going to admit you don’t know what black people’s feet look like?’ the outraged Apple user wrote.  

Fair: There were a number of people who thought Apple was 'doing too much' with that foot color 

Fair: There were a number of people who thought Apple was ‘doing too much’ with that foot color 

Mad: Someone said it just showed a lack of knowledge by the emoji designers for Apple 

Mad: Someone said it just showed a lack of knowledge by the emoji designers for Apple 

Annoyed: This is not the first time Apple has received backlash for its emojis, and some thought people were just looking for a reason to be mad 

Annoyed: This is not the first time Apple has received backlash for its emojis, and some thought people were just looking for a reason to be mad 

Explanation: People came to the defense of Apple for why the emoji would be designed that way 

Explanation: People came to the defense of Apple for why the emoji would be designed that way 

Over it: Another person said Apple should just scrap the emoji if people were going to react this way to it

Over it: Another person said Apple should just scrap the emoji if people were going to react this way to it

After outrage ensued among some, others said they thought people were just looking for a reason to be upset about something. 

‘Talk about overthinking…’ one person wrote in response to the outrage. ‘Imagine if they didn’t create a black foot emoji…imagine the outrage.’ 

Other people came to the defense of why Apple would design the emoji in that way. 

‘There’s no emoji showing the top of a foot so the only way to make a foot for everybody is to make the entire foot black,’ the Twitter user explained. ‘Twitter be turning everything into a problem. 

Another person thought the emoji should be scraped if people are going to get upset about each colored foot. 

‘OK so how will we distinguish the different shades if all our foot bottoms are the same person?’ A Twitter user asked. ‘Just scarp the emoji then. 

By now Apple is probably used to some outrage over new emoji releases, but it has yet to respond to the latest issues some customers have with the foot symbol.  

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