"It irritates me to no end when tone-deaf white people make knee jerk decisions like this out of white guilt. This is nothing more than performance activism to make Ginder leadership and those who support the removal of the filter to feel good about themselves-like they've done something to combat racial inequality. In actuality, this policy is harmful to people of color like myself.

I'm in a majority white area and without this filter I am unfairly cut off from being able to connect with and find other gay people of color who share my background, language and culture. So inorder to make a few misguided, guilty white people feel better, I am forced to be limited to a sea of white profiles of people who are not interested in me or who only want to fetishize me for BBC.

It doesn't make sense. If Grinder really wanted to create a safe space for all, then it would 1) replace the incorrectly named "ethnicity" stat with the correct term "race"; 2) restore the filter; and, 3) give each user the option of rather or not they want to allow other users to be able to filter their profile (in or out) by race.

Each user should be able to opt in or out of having their profile filtered by race from other users. That way the personal preference people can opt in to find each other, the guilty white people can opt out to feel good about their performance activism, and all the rest of us won't be harmed in the crossfire.

Its almost like Grinder is intentionally creating a hostile environment to drive people of color away from the app."

Dear Sir, You have some very valid points. I am a white guy and find myself in a similar position as you except I am typically attracted to Latino men. But I do not agree with your feelings that this decision was made out of White Guilt. I do not and will not feel guilty about the color of my skin nor do I expect anybody to feel guilty about their skin color. I have never mistreated a person because of the color of their skin nor will I. That is not the person who I am. So I ask you to consider that just because a person is white and I agree there are a lot who are racist, not all of us are. This same message applies to white people who feel that all black people are racist because you have encountered one who was. Peace and Best of Luck to all

It irritates me to no end when tone-deaf white people make knee jerk decisions like this out of white guilt. This is nothing more than performance activism to make Ginder leadership and those who support the removal of the filter to feel good about themselves-like they've done something to combat racial inequality. In actuality, this policy is harmful to people of color like myself.

I'm in a majority white area and without this filter I am unfairly cut off from being able to connect with and find other gay people of color who share my background, language and culture. Its not that I'm not attracted to some white guys too but I shouldn't be unfairly cut off from finding people who look like me. So inorder to make a few misguided, guilty white people feel better, I am forced to be limited to a sea of white profiles of people who are not interested in me or who only want to fetishize me for BBC.

It doesn't make sense. If Grinder really wanted to create a safe space for all, then it would 1) replace the incorrectly named "ethnicity" stat with the correct term "race"; 2) restore the filter; and, 3) give each user the option of rather or not they want to allow other users to be able to filter their profile (in or out) by race.

Each user should be able to opt in or out of having their profile filtered by race from other users. That way the personal preference people can opt in to find each other, the guilty white people can opt out to feel good about their performance activism, and all the rest of us won't be harmed in the crossfire.

Its almost like Grinder is intentionally creating a hostile environment to drive people of color away from the app.

As a person of colour, why am I suddenly being forced to only see pages of profiles of white guys? It’s like now I HAVE to sleep with white guys.

Feels colonial to me.......

I have been an Unlimited member for years, I shall now cancel my subscription until this is resolved

When I was 19 I was attacked by 2 guys. I was 100lbs they both were a couple of years older and about 150 to 170 lbs. They tried to rape me. I barely got someone to hear me making as much noise as possible. One was discovered to be a rapist the police were looking for. The other one was selling drugs that weren't pure at all. Both were dark skinned. To thus day if a black man flirts I might have a flashback and freak out about it. Once it was bad I was fighting for my life and the guy did not do anything wrong I just panicked when I was remembering that night.i wish the incognito were enhanced with better my type filters. I have deactivated my profile because I have aggressively propositioned to the point of blocking people who then make a new profile just to make sure I hope that we never meet up or else.

I absolutely agree. A language filter would be handy.

Grindr subscribers should cancel subscriptions to Grindr until we get what we originally paid for. ethnicities are not a racial issue its a personal preference. You cant expect us to be ok with paying more and getting less. I'm thinking a lawsuit is in the future unless we get compensated.

Filter people by country / state so its easyer to find people who speak your language and dont live outside your country by example when u live close to a border

Always problem with restore purchase unlimited please start alll e excellent please can I help me out please
Thank you

We are on a dating platform.
Its not racism. Than grindr have to remove age or weight filter.
For find my type its important. Because lot of people like asian, arabic, african, european or latin people.

Its important to find my type to have the possibility to filter for origin. Its not discrimination. Than grindr have also remove weights or age filter. This feature is important. We are on a dating platform and lot people like arabic, latin, asian or african people.

Restore the ethnicity filter or this will be my last membership I ever get again on grinder I'm dune with it grinder is no good with out it I don't like grinder at all know

If selecting ethnicity is considered racist, then selecting body type, height, what u identify also falls in that same bucket as it’s selecting someone by physical/cultural background. Saying no fats no fems fit only is the same thing. Another example of following the crowd out of fear...when will we learn.

As many gays here in USA blatantly discriminate , it will happen anyways . Although I like all colors , when I’m seriously horny and need to avoid the sexual racists I have more success when I select people people of color . It saves me the hassle and I can get laid with a hot guy !

Agreed! Filtering ethnicity doesn’t mean racism! Everyone has own preference, prefer an ethnicity doesn’t mean discriminate other ethnicities!

Subscription cancelled until this is restored.

To NOT be a RACIST is to not have RACIAL preferences—one has to value a race higher than / superior to another to form a "preference."
If you're strictly talking about physical attractions that are supposedly non-racist, you can point out attributes that are not necessarily tied to a "race"—which is a construct based on outdated science anyway—e.g. prefering strong/soft jawline, pointy/flat nose, thick/thin lips, tanned/pale skin, double eyelid or epicanthic fold, etc.

Culturally, if you're ONLY comfortable with your own, whether you're racist or not, you're just close minded or lazy.

To anonymous,
So I have to date other races or I’m a racist? Use your logic please. Your words, not mine.

This feature use to exist but it was removed and that is very unfortunate for me. I live in Sarasota, FL and the area is not known for racism however, on Grindr, the white men comprise most of the community. Most of the white men do not associate with black men and it's very difficult to connect with the ones there might be without being able to specifically search for them.

No :(

So...wanting to date within your own ethnicity (W4W, B4B, A4A, L4L, etc.) because you're not open to other "races" isn't racism? Use your logic please

Cal obviously you are ignorant and do not pay attention. Having a preference, finding attraction to a certain race etc. is not racism. Racism is when you believe that a particular race is superior than another and you purposely deny opportunities to people of that race. Love should be blind regardless of skin color etc but that does not mean that finding a certain color of men etc. by an individual as more attractive is racism. I am white and happen to be attracted to Latino men. Sorry if that makes me racist in your eyes but it is what it is. All you are doing is making it more difficult for me to find a guy that I find attractive.