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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.
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If the election didn't show us how racist America is you guys in these comments surely Shows how races you guys are shaking my head if you want to date within your On race that's fine just go join a site that has that option on create you one Cause here on grindr is for all people.
I wanted to reflect on the ignorance of this statement. Nobody is discounting that racism exists in this country but choosing who you want to date, have sex with or other is exactly as I said it is a choice. If I date somebody of my own race that does not make me or anybody else a racist. For some of us we like the filter because it allows us to specify a certain group that we are attracted to. In my situation, I am a white guy who prefers Latino Guys. The ethnicity filter allowed me to look for Latino guys. I am sorry if that makes me a racist in somebody elses eyes but forcing me to pay for a service, then taking it away is theft which is a crime. Forcing me to look at all just because somebody has a left wing notion to force all to think the same as you is a bullying tactic. Bottom line, I do not care what color you are. If I think you are good looking and if I think you are a good person, chances are I am interested but admitting I do have a special place for Latino guys and chances are if you are not Latino, I am not interested. So short term answer for me is discontinue paying for a service and I have started to block all guys who are not my preference. Call me a racist if you want. I don't care
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Like many others. I do not like being punished because somebody wants to control who I look at. For real, do you really think that will entice anybody to date you or hookup with you if you are not their type? I can and will date or hookup with whoever I want but it was nice having the ability to filter preferences. When I was looking for a black guy, it was nice to filter black guys, when I wanted a white guy, it was nice to filter for white guys. The same goes for Asian and Latino men. My subscription has been terminated and will remain terminated until Grindr re-instates something that I already paid for.
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Once again I am the person who started this thread. Call me racist if you want, I do not care. I know who I am and those that know me know what I am all about. Forcing me to look at profiles that I am not interested in is not going to make me date these people or hookup with them. I will simply start blocking all profiles that I am not interested in. But I will say this, it is a sad day that there are those in this world who feel entitled to push their own personal agenda on others while simultaneously labeling people with differences of opinion as racist. I respect everybody's opinion even when I do not agree, it would be nice if I could get the same courtesy but I guess that is too much to ask. So I guess a white guy who wants to look at black guys only or latinos only is racist now, my has this world evolved. LMAO
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I originally made this request. I do not consider myself racist at all. I have seen people of different races on this app that I thought were attractive but if I find myself wanting to hookup with a black guy then I want to search black guys, sometimes it is latino, sometimes it is white. It is my choice and whether or not this app allows me that option, I will hookup with however I want to regardless of their skin color. For the record, I am paying for that option and since Grindr has taken it away, I feel that a discount is in order. My taste in men varies but that is of no concern to any of you who accuse me of being racist. Climb out of your Ivory Tower for one minute and understand that a person is not a racist because of their taste in men. I do not like white guys with long hair and I am white. If you want to label me as racist for that go ahead.
"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