Unfortunately Grindr is not a safe place for many Black people. We are fetishised daily and often receive the most predatory messages. You are not protecting us by having this feature removed. This is tokenism to the real issues of racial justice, nor is it what we asked for. It is very insulting and offensive for us as black people to not have a space we can choose to be safe among people that are similar. Just as Grindr is supposed to be a safe place for gay people to find similar people, this should be extended to POC within your service. Forget the tokenism and protect us; bring back the ethnicity feature - just look at how many people are asking for it.
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Unfortunately Grindr is not a safe place for many Black people. We are fetishised daily and often receive the most predatory messages. You are not protecting us by having this feature removed. This is tokenism to the real issues of racial justice, nor is it what we asked for. It is very insulting and offensive for us as black people to not have a space we can choose to be safe among people that are similar. Just as Grindr is supposed to be a safe place for gay people to find similar people, this should be extended to POC within your service. Forget the tokenism and protect us; bring back the ethnicity feature - just look at how many people are asking for it.