I'm Caucasian and where I live 95% of guys on Grindr are Caucasians. I'm just trying to find guys from different ethnicities to connect with. I'm very keen on language and cultural exchange. Having no filter option just makes this an impossible task, especially when most profiles don't even have a pic to begin with.
Assuming that people want to filter different ethnicities OUT, is racist in and of itself. Did it ever cross your narrow little minds that some people actually want to filter them IN?
Sadly, not every country is like the US, where diversity is abound...

I'm Caucasian and where I live 95% of guys on Grindr are Caucasians. I'm just trying to find guys from different ethnicities to connect with. I'm very keen on language and cultural exchange. Having no filter option just makes this an impossible task, especially when most profiles don't even have a pic to begin with.
Assuming that people want to filter minorities OUT, is racist in and of itself. Did it ever cross your narrow little minds that some people actually want to filter them IN?
You know, sadly, not every country is like the US, where diversity is abound..

I think putting back the ethnicity is important for an instance. I am an Asian. I was looking for more mature relationship I'd like to meet someone that does not coming from my own country. For example a foreign person. I guessed their is something more mature and open and trust worthy people somewhere else. That I couldn't find here in my own country.

All humans are racist. Even those who claim that no. If blacks live with whites, or whites go on vacation to Africa, it's only by opportunism or obligation... economic, political, climatic, temporary change of scenery... Moreover to say that we love an ethnic group for such and such a reason, that is also racist. And basically, if people really had a choice, they would choose to live separately from other ethnicities. Here people pay to be in a virtual world, they would like to be able to make this choice, which is removed to them for idiotic ideological reasons.

The fact that this is the most requested feature says a lot about America and its gay community. You all are racists. Look up the definition.

Thanks to Grindr all you see on here is 98% white guts now, they turned away all other ethnicities now by getting rid of the filter so who is the racist
GRINDR IS

This is asinine.
People are going to "discriminate" no matter which filters you take away. Height weight age build facial features, etc. Be honest with yourselves... we all have a certain physical type we're looking for at any given moment. At least we do as healthy CIS MALES. Sometimes I feel like all the complainers are those so unattractive that not even their own ethnicity wants them, cis women, and/or bored trolls.

I agree, people still discriminate against you despite the filter being there.

Huge disservice by eliminating race filter. Selecting someone based on race for sex or dating has NOTHING to do with racism. At this rate, Grndr is going to remove the weight filter because …. NOW DO YOU SEE THIS SLIPPERY SLOPE?

Cyle thats so misguided. So i dont want to sleep with women… so i am biased and hate all women?? Listen to you… NUTS!!

I can't help but mention since someone recently got down on the ethnicity filter and they are apparently using this hookup/casual sex app to find people based on "common interest" rather than sexual attraction which is sometimes based on ethnicity - Statistics have shown that those of us using Grindr for casual sex are happier users than those using the app to try to find marriage. If you don't understand why I a white guy would want BBC on random nights (easier to find with the ethnicity filter on) without calling me a racist based on my sexuality: Clearly you are a "hopeless romantic" perhaps with more dick and ass in and out of your bedroom for those who can't be "single" more than a week yet are always breaking up with their boyfriend once a month... LOL Sometimes, I envy the kind of sex you "hopeless romantics" are having, minus the emotional drama,
mostly because your partners from who-knows-where stay around a good month, whereas mine from this app are mostly one night stands and come in anywhere from daily to weekly to monthly intervals. LOL Nevertheless, the hopeless romantics, whom supposedly don't regard looks but personality, should be on OKcupid, not Meat Grindr. Just saying ;)

Cyle, Except when your looking for something specific. Instead you have to filter out people that aren't what your interested in. You assume that everyone is looking to exclude a specific race but it isn't really like that. Guys are just trying to find someone they are attracted to. And saying that guys are using the filter to be racist is you really saying that blacks are inferior, because your assuming that guys won't sleep with them based on their race.

Racism should not be permissible. Selecting someone based on race is hate no matter which direction. Find a person by common interest.

It's not racist at all. The fact that all you people jumping on the "it's racist" band wagon are EXACTLY 💯% the main problem. Sadly we can't filter YOU out from a search. Simply put everyone likes a particular type depending on their tastes and would just like a filter to sort out who they are attracted to so forth and so on. Including a filter for transexuals, couple, and str8 men. But the problem is that Grindr is now catering to ultra left wing, hyper sensitive nut jobs that see the world in their own particular filter which is what got the filter removed in the first place. It is nonsensical to think that these people are even allowed to make decisions. Dallas Lofton, despite his verbal tyraid is absolutely correct once you filter out all the extra. As for "Cristy Dicola", your exactly the type of person I am referring to in the beginning of this comment. BTW, your names Cristy? So your either a girl OR a trans which basically makes your usage of the word "dude" odd, and your opinion worthless. Grindr is for GAY BOYS AND MEN looking for the same. Not transexuals, furrys, et ceterea and other people that identify as God knows what.

Frankly, Grindr just isn't worth the price. It's low quality these days both in software and management.

Dude it's racist regardless of being a "minority" damn I hate that word

Yes please bring that shit back! I'm tired of looking at stuff that I don't want but it's okay cuz you guys do it over the fuck you want so Grindr is becoming the worst app that is still popular ever. 1999 a month for what? 39.99 a month for what? Free version adds galore, you wait to click on the exit of the fucking ad and guess what it still takes you to the fucking ad in Google Play store. They have no respect they will block and ban people just because dumbasses that they have are jealous or butthurt or whatever that you don't want to hook up with them or talk to them or any of that so they go report you for dumb fucking shit and make up a whole bunch of shit and you get banned You have this smart bot learning shit shut up. Stop taking away shit and stop making it shit worse when I got grinder in 2008 when it fucking came out it was the best thing ever take me back to the days this shit sucks nowadays it's way over fucking priced and if you don't have the shit you can't see nobody You see 10 people and that's as far as you get like it's a joke I remember when the shit was $9.99 a month what's going on You ain't put $10 worth of extra shit in it bring back filters that we like stop taking shit away and please if you want to transgender grinder go make one cuz this gay grinder and all these no I like dudes I don't want to see a dude I want to dress like a woman I'm sorry I respect it but it's grinder it's gay You got all these supposedly straight guys that only want transsexuals okay well go make an app for them because I'm getting tired of all of them messaging me dead ass so why don't you guys work on that shit too while you're at it fuck you guys want to make new shit and take shit and change it all the damn time change that cuz this shit is getting real old It's not even gay grinder anymore it's not even grinder what I came up with anymore and I'm not even that old that's the fucking crazy part what the hell we get all this transship from all of a sudden fuck. So yes bring back the fucking filters that we like put that shit in your $39.99 plan ultimate yay I can unsend my message or make sure they can't see me cuz I'm incognito or oh I can see who looked at my profile wow it's a lot of money a month for a no good app this app is starting to get outrageous I'm about to take my talents back to the old school ways I'm just going to go hit the damn club in the bar fuck grinder they ban my ass anyway for talking shit to the motherfucker that called me a nigger ain't that some crazy shit I got banned for cussing the mother fuck out and tell him I was coming to get his mother fucking ass hahaha but they got every message in this fucking thing going to do is pissed off cuz I didn't want to hook up with him can you call me every kind of bad word slang word racist word in the book and they banned me ain't that some motherfucking shit and I got the proof

at least make it available for us XTRA users, because paying for that lets you unlock advanced filters anyways

It needs to be brought back It is very challenging to find the right guys for me ( don't mean this in any sort of racism) but

Completely agree with others here. There are some people who may have used the ethnicity filters for the wrong purpose but their bad behavior were well in the minority.

Someone pointed out how Grindr may be the only app without an ethnicity filter. And this is also the only gay app I'm aware of that's owned by a straight man so maybe straight men enjoy restricting Gay Asians from meeting other Gay Asians, Native Americans from meeting their fellow tribespeople, and my little white bottom from meeting BBC, and so on. It's ironic how the straight man doesn't likewise restrict straight women from using the app to meet non-Lesbians while spamming the Gay users. D: