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The Simpsons is not the authority on the meaning of yellow skin for generically representing human body parts. It’s a tv show. The iconic happy face symbol is not intended to specifically be a white person. Pac man is not a white person.

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I agree that they're not an -authority-, but the Simpsons is a huge cultural institution. They definitely made an impact on how the yellow tone is coded (as white).

So yes it seems silly, but I think a default of blue or green would be better.

This is a very North America centric view I think. The Simpsons aren't nearly as popular in other countries.

I tried to informally fact-check this and I found out (for example) that The Simpsons is dubbed into Luxembourgish.

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