Let’s stop trying to be so politically correct all the time. We are not talking about a hiring process for a corporate job. This is about our sex lives and sexual partners. Not only is there nothing illegal about being racist in our sex lives, I think it is perfectly normal behavior. If I am not sexually attracted to subset of the human population, that is my business. Racism is only illegal in housing and job application, and since this app is not designed to facilitate either one of those activities, filtering by ethnicity only enriches the functionality of the app.

I think to tackle this issue in modern day.
Grinder should bring the option back but automatically reset the filter to default every time the app is launched to encourage people to not screen by race among other filters of course.

I am also Asian and on some days I am looking for people to hang out with with my cultural background and on some days I want to hang out with adventurous people from different background- or course the filter helps and I read their Bio then decide. Now I just cant do anything.

This race problem actually is not as simple as removing race filter, Grindr. If you remove race why do you accept age or role or tribes filter? are those discrimination? what about location or gender? why allow a filter for those? You can see how outrageous it is to think racism is simply a race filter - it is not. By removing this filter, Grindr as a company is actually showing lack of understanding to discrimination.

It’s so unfortunate that with this level of outcry Grindr still cares about being politically correct than they do about serving their PAYING MEMBERS! The flip side of this whole being “stereotypical” argument is that some men want to find guys in their own ethnicity group. What is wrong with that? It’s also ironic by forcing us to view guys we personally don’t want to, now I’m BLOCKING THEM! Imagine how hurt a guy will feel when before they were just not being reached out to, but now they reach out to a guy, and all the sudden gets blocked!

Removing this filter isn’t all the sudden going to make us be more compatible with that certain ethnicity.

Why do gays always have to go through this kind of stuff. Nothing is ever made easy for us! There is always some burden we are subjected to. I really wonder if life will ever be easy for me.

I purchased Grindr extra to use the ethnicity filter. The intention is not to racially profile but to search by preference. If I’m interested in Middle Eastern men for example, I want to be able to see them. Once my subscription to Grindr extra ends I am not going to renew it. All Grindr is interested in is making money and not working for the LGBT community.

Why can we not sort against race? All other races will ask you the same thing in South Afirca. It is a common problem, nothing racial.

I agree people have a preference. I'll just use another dating cite until grinder gets their shit together

This feature request has over 5k votes, shouldn’t that be sufficient to reinstate the ethnicity filter? 🤦🏻‍♂️

Everyone has preferences. The same argument can be made about Grindr being sexist against women. It’s stupid. I prefer people of my own ethnicity and having to block everyone that isn’t my type is annoying and time consuming. I don’t understand what’s racist about a preference. People like what they like and it will always be that way. It’s not racist to go for a certain kind of person. I think taking away the filter has done far more bad than good, and I think it was a very ignorant decision to do it in the first place. I have nothing against people of other ethnic backgrounds. I do not believe anyone is inferior to my own. That doesn’t mean I’m attracted to them. Have a good day.

Imagine ordering on UBER EATS and not being able to select which type of cuisine you wanted? MADNESS would never happen, Uber as a business is not stupid they understand that some of there customers may want Chinese the others may want Fried Chicken.
What would be a stupid business idea is if they removed that filter option all together.. COUGH 🙄

this app is realy good

I'm white and prefer black men. The filter would make things easier for everyone. I'll also say I'm older and trans. I know not everyone is into that and I'm ok with it. People need to not be so uptight about preferences. We all have them.

I second this proposal!

If someone doesn’t want to meet with a white/black/Asian etc person they won’t meet with them, providing an ethnicity filter simply means it will make it easier for people to find what they are looking for

Why must I have to search through profiles of men I have no interest in? It makes no sense and how is that racist? I like who I like and if someone doesn't want to meet a married white guy, so be it. Next! I'm so tired of this woke society!

Ethnicity filter is a tool and it all depends on how one uses it. Like voice, hands or baseball bats.

Talking to another person in a calm and respectful manner will be different than screaming to him/her. Still the tool remains the same - voice.

Using hands to create something, to prepare food will be different than using them to hit or harm someone. Still the tool remains the same - hands.

Playing baseball and hitting balls with baseball bat is sports and fun. But using baseball bat to hit another person, to break windows is horrible! Still the tool remain the same - baseball bat.

Therefore filter of any kind can be used in a correct and incorrect way, but it does not mean it should not be accessible. It means that its use should monitored for breaches and the way one uses it in a correct way properly defined in TERMS OF USE to which users must agree, if they want to continue.

Therefore, I kindly ask you to BEING BACK ETHNICITY FILTER which can not only make the GRINDR experience more pleasant, but first and foremost allow many on the application to connect in a joyful way, find their soulmates or friends in similar environments around the world and very often even simply somebody who understands them like no one around.
Finally, it respects also freedom of choice and freedom of one’s preferences. Gay community fights with limitations. Why then GRINDR should be making any?

Thanks a lot in advance,
TJ

Please bring it back. I’m Hispanic and don’t have much luck with white men. Being in the US I have to sift through a bunch of white rejections to find my own people or other minorities who are interested. I just want to be able to get to the people who have a more similar culture and get me more, faster.

Please restore the ethnicity filter. I’m having to talk to people who don’t respond because I am Asian. It is really affecting my self esteem and
Confidence

The whole removal of the ethnicity filter really is one of the more stupid ideas and updates that have been made. Having the ethnicity filter makes it easier when searching. People will still be filtering but just by blocking the profiles of the ethnicity they don’t want appearing. Why won’t Grindr just make everyone’s life so much easier and reinstate it.

NEVERMIND!!

Removing the ethnicity filter is insane. As a white man in a majority white country who prefers men of colour, it is now harder for me to find the men I like.

Grindr were wrong to pander to a hysterical minority when the vast majority of intelligent and emotionally balanced people understand that there is nothing racist about having dating preferences for different races.