🙈 See-No-Evil Monkey Emoji

The see no evil monkey, called Mizaru (Japanese for “see not”), one of the
. Depicted as the brown
with hands covering its eyes.

The Three Wise Monkeys represent the proverb see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil, frequently interpreted as a call for discretion or willful ignorance.

Often used as a playful way to convey a laughing, disbelieving, cringing I can’t believe what I’m seeing! or I can’t bear to look!

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This emoji is considered
, particularly when used to disparage, insult, and abuse people with dark skin, especially Black people.