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February 9, 2018

Massive Victory For Redheads, As Quest For Mainstream Acceptance Continues

Redheads have been the butt of jokes for far too many years, and now they are rising up to fight back against this injustice. Well, one little step at a time.

This is the kind of thing that gets redheads dancing in the streets. Just remember to put sunscreen on first, please, you know you burn easily.

Yesterday saw the release of 157 new emojis, signalling yet another step closer to humans going full circle and communicating solely via pictures. It used to be paintings on a cave wall, and now it’s seven cry-laughing faces on WhatsApp.

In that new batch of emojis comes what TIME calls “a key addition” – yes, you guessed it, a redhead emoji in a range of skin colours.

I know what you’re thinking and no, they don’t range from fair to very fair – stop being nasty. Here’s what you’re looking at choice-wise:

Wow, what a time to be alive. First Prince Harry landing Meghan, and now this.

They then detail some happy reactions on Twitter:

I gave up caring about three lines into this story, but for those who do here’s a quick look at the entire range:

[source:time]