The meaning behind the black heart emoji makes sense, and for some people, it's a more appropriate icon than the classic red heart.

Some rejoiced, with choruses of “We made it” flanked by newly black praise-hand emoji filling Instagram and Twitter. Some even professed to cry tears of joy over this sign of racial inclusion.

For Jones, the inspiration for the emoji came just after she celebrated Black History Month in February when she realized that instead of writing "insert Afro emoji here," in her messages ...