The ethnicity field is optional. If someone decide to disclose their ethnicity using the field, it means they are ready to be selected or unselected based on this voluntary information. It means they are ready to be filtered in or out. This is not racism. This is a choice based on a voluntary information provided by the individual for this purpose. Otherwise, remove the ethnicity field !

No Grindr is not supposed to bring people together, Grindr is supposed to bring matches together which is completely different. My grid nowadays is useless, not only there's a ton of guys I can't filter-out anymore with the ethnicity filter, I can't even filter-in the guys I AM LOOKING FOR with the filter but there's also cunning users wanting to show up nearby on my grid with the feature "Boost" who are actually kilometres away from me. And lots of trans, cross dressers, straight people. That removing the ethnicity filter to us because someone is racist regardless should bring something good to society is a pure fantasy, it actually divided the community even further. After all the BLM fuss and relative ethnic filter removal I avoid contacting black guys because the idea that they may they may think I'm a "fetishist" makes me sick. Grindr currently is a failed product and I haven't subscribed again since I cancelled my paid subscription after the filter removal.

This might not be a popular idea.

I think to be more inclusive and progressive is too remove ethnicity all together and just be people.

People should not have to be fetishized. Some people do want to do that to themselves and then we wonder why racial statistics do not change. By 2040+ the majority will no longer be as prevalent.