Change emoji for code review changes

[mattfrankjames]

Hello @carloscuesta 😎!

I already opened a PR (jumped the gun a little there), but it seems like it might be worth changing the code review suggestion emoji to something other than the ok hand as that has been co-opted by white nationalists.

• Emoji: 👀 :
• Code: :eyes:
• Description:
  Eyes imply that someone has looked at the code to review it so it seems like an appropriate emoji.

There are well documented issues with the ok hand and changing that emoji could eliminate a potential trigger for some and make this project more inclusive.

Related with #461

[carloscuesta]

Hey @mattfrankjames

I have no problem on changing the emoji if this makes the project more inclusive.

But I would like to know more about this assumption:

The ok hand as that has been co-opted by white nationalists.

According to the emojipedia, this is not exactly true and seems that there is a misconception about this emoji:

https://blog.emojipedia.org/no-the-ok-hand-is-not-a-symbol-of-white-power/

Could you provide more information about this ?

Thanks,

[johannchopin]

Here's a theme I'm always wondering about. Why make things worse than they are? Certainly some people have used this gesture as a racist sign but for all that will have to completely change the meaning of it? If tomorrow the white nationalists shake hands as a sign of supremacy will we all stop shaking hands?

I am of the opinion that ancestral symbols should not be tarnished by a few people.

Lets just keep 👌 since it's an ok hand

[mattfrankjames]

@carloscuesta The Anti Defamation League has recently designated this as a symbol of hate. Obviously, it is not definitively a symbol hate in all contexts and it's not fair to assume that someone using it is a white nationalist, but the potential is there. Certainly, there was a lot of uproar about it on Twitter during the so called "React-gate" last year. Here are some links.
NPR Article
Anti-Defamation Leage post
Southern Poverty Law Center post
Business Insider rundown of #reactgate
Truth be told, I would love to keep using that emoji and symbol in general in my day to day life, but with the implications somewhat murky these days... I've stopped. This issue is more of a suggestion than anything.

[mattfrankjames]

@johannchopin , I agree with you conceptually. I brought it up because it is a sensitive subject for some under-represented developers and designers, which I think is worth considering.

[vhoyer]

You know, we are discussing the removal of this emoji on #348, maybe we can post-pone this PR until we are set on whether we are removing it or not 🤔