Give the people a Shaka emoji

The issue

Recently there has been much debate surrounding representation in the Apple emoji keyboard function. This extends to hand gestures. The current emoji keyboard features 18 hand gestures including: thumbs up, thumbs down, perfectomundo, fist bump, solidarity fist, peace, and many more... Missing from this selection is, according to wikipedia, the universal symbol for "hang loose" - the Shaka.


If you have ever wanted to convey to the recipient of your message that everything is groovy, but the peace/fist bump/high-5 emojis just can't convey what the Shaka can, sign and share this petition.

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The issue

Recently there has been much debate surrounding representation in the Apple emoji keyboard function. This extends to hand gestures. The current emoji keyboard features 18 hand gestures including: thumbs up, thumbs down, perfectomundo, fist bump, solidarity fist, peace, and many more... Missing from this selection is, according to wikipedia, the universal symbol for "hang loose" - the Shaka.


If you have ever wanted to convey to the recipient of your message that everything is groovy, but the peace/fist bump/high-5 emojis just can't convey what the Shaka can, sign and share this petition.

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Apple Inc.
Apple Inc.

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Petition created on 10 May 2015