title: How to use Unicode characters in a python string
body: <p>I'd like to be able to use unicode in my python string. For instance I have an icon:</p>
  
  <pre><code>icon = '&amp;#x25B2;'
  print icon
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>which should create icon = '&#x25B2;'</p>
  
  <p>but instead it literally returns it in string form: <code>&amp;#x25B2;</code></p>
  
  <p>How can I make this string recognize unicode?</p>
  
  <p>Thank you for your help in advance.</p>