Raised fist: light skin tone Emoji
People
A representation of a raised human fist with a light skin tone. The hand is held vertically, knuckles facing forward, mimicking the classic gesture of strength and defiance.
Usage Context
This gesture is a universal sign of protest, civil rights advocacy, and standing in solidarity with a cause. It is frequently used in social media activism to show support or to emphasize a point of resistance. It is often grouped with other variations like ✊🏼 or ✊🏿 to represent a diverse collective front.
History
The raised fist has been a globally recognized icon of labor movements and political struggle for over a century. While the base emoji was added in Unicode 6.0 in 2010, the modifier system allowing for skin tone selection was introduced in 2015 to better represent the diverse groups of people participating in real-world activism.
Details
Glyph
✊🏻
Unicode
U+270A U+1F3FB
Shortcode
:emoji_u270a_1f3fb:
HTML Entity
✊��
Specifications
Vendor Microsoft
Category People
Subcategory hand-fingers-closed
Unicode Version 6.0
Emoji Version 1.0
License MIT
Microsoft Fluent License
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