Grindr is deleting its 'ethnicity filter'. But racism is still rife in online dating
- Written by Gene Lim, PhD Candidate, Monash University
ShutterstockDating and hook-up service Grindr has announced its intention to remove the “ethnicity filter” from its popular app.
The controversial function allowed paying users to filter out prospective partners based on ethnicity labels such as “Asian”, “Black” and “Latino”. Long criticised as racist...
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