@Kevin Kurniawan - and your non-attraction to women makes you a sexist mysoginistic pig. And your non-attraction to double amputees means you hate disabled people. And your non-attraction to 97yo men in care homes means you are ageist! [SARCASM]

So my attraction or lack thereof towards someone is making me racist. Great job people. You're now forcing me to alter my preferences.

@ ES
I refuse to believe "every single black person" (in your area) seek only trans. I feel like there probably were black men who've previously expressed interest in you but you turned them down for not being your type (which is fine, that's your right to not be attracted to everyone).
I might've been more likely to had lent credence to your lament if you had stated instead "every single black man WHO IS MY TYPE seem to only want chicks with dicks."

Never-the-less...
...I agree with you, 100%, GrindR should (if for no one else) be allowing unlimited members the capability to filter by ethnicity and by gender expression.

If I were paying GrindR for "premium" service, I know I would want to option to unclog my grid of those individuals whom I never will be attracted to—I am turned on by male / masculine features, which can include the transmen who completely commit to being men—and from those who never will be attracted to me, as I am not a girly boy.

The self-loathing, scared boys who are too afraid to face off with *real* men.

The unfortunate guys who probably could have benefitted from some real, serious counseling / intervention — I know *some* people were born in the wrong bodies.. ..But *this* many males with "gender dysphoria"? (Pretty troubling, indeed..)
Moreover, I can just look at their pictures and tell they're dealing with mental health issues, even serious mental dysfunction. These dudes made their little "switch," emulating what they think it means to be a woman, and they're still not happy. (If anything, their problems are now multiplied.)

On the other hand.. ..Nothing about GrindR strikes me as being worth $40 a month. Basic functionalities which Scruff has, GrindR wants to charge us for.

At any rate, I hope you are not under the impression every black man is "like that."
We are not.

@ Cody Padgett
It is true you didn't come right *out* with saying 'The "N" Word' (the "N" word with the hard "-er"), but you might as well have.
Because, with all those words in your comment down there, and you chose to only abbreviate "people" — in reference to us black people.

Yep.

You conscientiously-chose to reduce us to just "ppl" because, in your eyes, we're not even worthy of the consideration of the full word "people."

"Ethnicity" and "Majority" and "Actually" require more effort to spell out than "people," so I don't want to hear any bullshit from you about "I was just saving time" or "I didn't mean it that way."

You managed to cram in so many micro-aggressions against African-Americans, within the span of those fifteen words... ...You should just come out and say you don't like black PEOPLE.

First of all, I am a black man, and I am in support of restoring the ethnicity filter.
(So on that basis alone, automatically, your assertion of "It's only the black ppl" is factually inaccurate.)

I am a black man, and I don't arbitrarily restrict my attraction to ANYONE based solely on their skin colour or perceived ethnicity — so I have no need (nor desire) for that sort of "filter" myself.

I am a black man, and I want the ethnicity filter restored.. ..Though, on the condition, all those individuals who find my black skin problematic / repulsive, reciprocally-are filtered out of MY grid, so I don't have to see THEM.
i don't have a need to see prejudiced, racist bigots — and good riddance.

second of all, it's not the ethnicity filter "black ppl" have the beef with — our beef is with the racist, bigoted prejudiced assholes who see no problems with their behaviour.

i'd love to know what you think about the indian, latin, thai, white, philipino, cantonese, arab men who willing buried their faces in my crotch — who all made it exceedingly clear, to me, they wanted to be bred with my black seed.
black seed, explicitly, from MY black dick.

you reckon something is wrong with them, because of this desire? are you thinking, "how can they want to lay with a lowly n--ger like that? don't they have any higher standards for themselves?!"?

you can't conceive such a desire is possible?

you can't conceive it possible, people being attracted to others 'in spite of,' 'because of,' OR 'regardless of' colour?

Every black person in my area is looking only for trans and every trans person is looking for black. So why am I lookin at a grid of all women and men who won’t have sex with a man?? I’m so confused? Is this some sort of an art installation illustrating a modern version of the myth of Sisyphus or are you just really this cruel with your sense of humor to charge me what you charge for unlimited and give me no filtering capability. I’m so very very confused.

It's only the black ppl on Grindr that have an issue with the ethnicity filter. Majority of all other races don't care and actually support it!

When you don't give someone a job based solely on their ethnicity that is racist so take them to court. But saying we racist because I don't want to click each profile and view the details and prefer a faster way to filter out my preferences. Common sense people!

There are so many idiotic "THAT'S RACIST" comments here. All these people trying to act like somehow they're far better than that. Everyone knows you all still "discriminate" based on how someone looks when you're looking for a partner.

As I've said before, if this is racist, then being gay is sexist. Being straight is sexist. Having an age preference is ageist. If you have any kind of preference for look in a partner, that's discriminatory in these people's minds apparently.

Saying you won't sleep with someone because of how they look isn't anything special. You have preferences and there is nothing wrong with that. Saying you won't have literally ANYTHING to do with that person because of their looks, yes that's wrong.

Everyone agreeing with anon (and especially those referring to people as flavors to be tasted) are engaging in racial discrimination and are racist. Do better

Automatically disregarding someone based solely on their race is racist and if that's what you are doing then that's what you are. Hope you learn to do better!

I'm just gonna flat out and just say it. I'm sick and tired of guys on here that are clearly showing blind racism and high aggression within our community. I understand if I'm not everyone's type (I get it, some dudes don't have good taste) BUT as a "minority"....I feel like racism and discrimination should somehow expose and/or eliminate the guys on my grid of guys I'm seeking mutual interest with. It's really hard being a black mixed man that already objectified by others but it's another thing when race comes into play I would like something to be done about it please.

He discriminate

That's his Business

İ use the app once in month r rarely than, that’s why don’t pay to be a gold user r what’s named that, then means I have to see just a small number of users where are Asians ( guys I love you I have good friends but not on my sexual fantasies), femboys, trans etc, and remain just 10% of guys which I can communicate with. Is that fear?

@Alex Williams That's completely within people's rights. Some aren't going to like Asians, some aren't going to like Americans, and so on. Whether the filter exists or not isn't going to suddenly make everyone like "Oh my god, suddenly I like all men!" Without the filter you'll just get more people saying they aren't attracted to your ethnicity.

The hilarious thing here too is how people act like it ONLY happens to blacks, asians, etc. I've gotten plenty of people, as a white male, that say they're not into white people. Some are white, some are black, some are asian, etc. The thing I don't get is why you'd be offended by someone not being attracted to you or think that's somehow racist. That'd be like saying we're all sexist for being gay.

If they're not into Asians, then their not into Asians. Respect what people like and their preferences.

@Alex Williams
Then report them to Grindr, block, and move on with your life! A filter (or lack of) is not going to stop asshole behavior.

I was just told “not into Asians.” Filtering should go both ways.

Mixed black guy here. I used the ethnicity filter all the time when it was available because my SEXUAL mood changed on a daily basis. Some days I wanted Latino, other days Arab, blah blah blah. How does that harm anyone? Does that make me racist? I wasn't openly telling people or posting on my profile that I'm not into their ethnicity. THAT'S where the discrimation problem truly starts and ends on this app and is what Grindr should really be focusing on. Taking away the filter just clutters the grid and is not going to change anyone's preferences. Besides, everyone had the option of not using the filter if it bothered them that much. Too many of you forget that Grindr is a for-profit business first and foremost, not a "pillar of our community" or any other virtuous PR nonsense.

@Alfred Phifer,
GRINDR is a dating app, not a platform for promotion of culture, fashion or trends. And while dating one must have a free choice who he wants to go out with. Therefore his preferences are very individual and feeling more attracted towards taller than shorter, or older than younger or - finally - black than white is natural. And as much as entering a room can be one-time action, because we shall never go back to it and choose next time a different room (bar, club, etc.), it is not possible with GRINDR which is the only one big room and pretty crowded one. So in order not to feel uncomfortable and to be efficient, one must be equipped with proper filters, including ethicity one.
Finally, if the filter is there and one doesn't want to use it, nobody forces anyone to do so. But let leave FREE CHOICE TO EVERYONE and create proper reporting tools and draw general guidelines stating clearly what behaviors on GRINDR would be qualified as racial and which other as simple human preference, like for food, type of holidays or movies genre.
PLEASE BRING THE ETHNICITY FILTER BACK!
TJ

My bad, I was thinking this topic was about something else intirely. My main issue is with ethnicity being a option in profile settings as though ethnicity is a characteristics or physical appearance. I did not know that you could filter search results by ethnicity. That is horrible to me. There is no excuse for such a thing...discriminatory convenience?! Can you walk into a room and just remove any ethnicity you disappove of as suitable for your interests? No. Grindr,( any dating app) in my view should be treated the same way for the betterment of the community. It my be convenient but it's also a discriminatory factor based in racism that shouldn't be downplayed. The Asain guy saying that looking for other Asians to hangout with, inhaveca question..are you that bothered by seeing other profiles? I'm sorry but who spoiled are we nowadays? I respect his view; however,it's still not useful to the overall good of the community. I think too many fail to recognize, Grindr is a community with gay culture. The way we conduct ourselves and most importantly the manner in which the platform engages to set boundaries that limit or remove anything that gives way to discrimination and futher deteratition of the communityas a whole ,should evolve into beung more inclusive and tolerant.