Jayzik says there is a negative stereotype around coarser hair textures that needs to be removed For Jayzik, a young person working with community support group Rise.365, designing emojis with ...

In a survey of its black and mixed-race members, 74 per cent said that there isn't an emoji that represents their hair.

Rise.365 has asked others to help promote their cause by searching "Afro hair emoji" on social media and search engines, to boost data around the query, which will help their bid when they submit ...

For Jayzik, a young person working with community support group Rise.365, designing emojis with black and mixed race hairstyles is about representation. She told BBC London: “I feel like there's ...

actually seen". The 28-year-old has never experienced discrimination because of her hair, but her young brother has, she said. "My little brother will have an emoji that looks like him to ...

actually seen". The 28-year-old has never experienced discrimination because of her hair, but her young brother has, she said. "My little brother will have an emoji that looks like him to ...

RISE.365 and Good Relations took matters into their own hands to change that. An emoji featuring afro hair drawn by Rise.365 member Jayzik at Rise 365 Youth Club in Hackney, and digitalised by ...