Using this filter does NOT equal racist behavior. I have only been attracted to latin And Asian guys since I can remember. I’m white. Since pre-school this is who I gravitate toward— Not white and not black. I have tons of friends of all races/ethnicities but my attraction is only with latin/Asian. Without this filter I have a hard time getting to these guys in Atlanta. :-(

There IS a huge difference between racism and predilection. I don’t think GrNDR should cowtow to the latest trend or be misguided to believe this is a form of racism in this current movement.

Why have you removed this option?
I have a preference for men who are not white.
There is only white guys in my area and although I paid for unlimited Grindr I can scroll all day and not find a black guy.
Removing this is not helping the BLM because it’s hiding their profiles from guys who have a liking to their ethnicity.
On our profiles you have an option to add in your ethnicity. Why is it on there yet you can’t search for it. Surely it’s the same thing.
I want to cancel my subscription if this isn’t added back on. I doubt they will refund the remaining but it’s disgusting how you can remove a search preference.
You may as well remove the age search, height search, etc... as it is all the same thing.

If you like the Grape in fruits, it does not mean you hate bananas or watermelons , and you would prefer to go to a Grape store to buy them instead of going to an all fruits store , because you will still look for the Grape even if you are surrounded by the most beautiful fruits, and it is not acceptable for the fruits store to force you to love anything else but your Grape that you love, and that does not mean that the rest of these fruits are ugly or bad, it is only “ you love the GRAPES “, and if the customer found himself suffering to find his Grape , he will never pick apple instead, NOO , he will go to another Fruits store makes it easier for him to find his GRAPES

Guys return back our ethnic Filter , no body can use it for racism, it simply your type, we just choose our type and that is it, you will never change our types, you can just block the racism accounts for the APP

The main reason I chose to upgrade was for this filter. I live in an area that has very little diversity and would prefer to have a choice to be able to filter for my personal preferences.

I get why you did it and applaud trying to make a change for social injustices but this is not at all a social injustice. It’s a preference and if their are people that want to take it to that level then they should 100% be reported but to take away ones ability to choose what ethnicity they are aloud to see is counter productive. I’ll just take my personal experience as one example but I live in an area of 95% Caucasians so I feel if I want to meet anyone that’s not Caucasian then I either have to drive somewhere else or just deal with it.

Please make a change but until then I will be canceling my subscription since it is now useless for me since that was 90% the reason I purchased it each month

Hi,

I appreciate Grindr's support with regards towards racial inequality and injustices -- I really do. It's an important issue that needs to be addressed, and companies should be applauded for taking a meaningful stance.

But, I cancelled my premium subscription today because the app no longer lets me filter by the guys I would like to see.

I'm kind of confused by this change, to be honest. I know many Asian men who only want to date other Asian men, or many Latino men who feel that they'd prefer to date men who come from a similar background. Removing that filter makes the app objectively less effective in allowing users to filter profiles based on their established preferences.

This change won't influence the end game of any man who wants to date men of the ethnicity he wants to -- so really the change only hurts the end user and as a result, this quite honestly feels like a virtue signal rather than a product enhancement in line with social responsibility.

Best of luck, but I won't be subscribing going forward.