Grindr is deleting its ‘ethnicity filter’. But racism is still rife in internet dating

The Conversation by Gene Lim, Brady Robards and Bronwyn Carlson

Dating and h k-up solution Grindr has established its intention to eliminate the "ethnicity filter" from the popular app.

The function that is controversial paying users to filter out prospective partners according to ethnicity labels such as "Asian", "Black" and "Latino". Long criticised as racist, the filter additionally assisted to create a culture where users had been emboldened to express their racism.

Sexual racism

Alongside other dating apps, Grindr has a reputation for intimate exclusion that is racism—the of lovers based on competition.

In 2017 Grindr tried to amend this perception aided by the "Kindr Grindr" initiative. This move banned the utilization of exclusionary language such as "No Asians" and "No Blacks" in user bios, and attemptedto show users why these statements are harmful and unsatisfactory.

Nonetheless, the "ethnicity filter" remained until the other day, when Grindr announced it might be removed as a show of support for the Black Lives Matter motion.

Grindr's actions were catalysed by recent protests in america, but racism that is sexual additionally a serious issue in Australia. (more…)