Nos últimos dias, o assassinato do negro norte-americano George Floyd causou mobilização – nas ruas, nas redes sociais, entre os cidadãos e artistas. E uma das empresas a fazer uma ação em prol do movimento Black Lives Matter foi a Grindr.

A plataforma de relacionamentos anunciou na última segunda-feira (01/06) que vai remover, na próxima atualização do aplicativo, o filtro de etnias.

O recurso permite que os usuários tracem um perfil de interesse, e “etnia” está inclusa nas características, junto com outras como idade, peso e altura.

A decisão foi divulgada nas redes sociais da empresa. “Nós não ficaremos em silêncio nem seremos inativos”, diz uma parte da publicação no Instagram.

 

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We will not be silent. Black lives matter. ⁣ ⁣ We were planning to announce our #PridePerseveres initiative today, but in light of the ongoing violence and injustices against our POC family, that no longer feels appropriate. How can we launch a month of celebration when so many of us are hurting? How can we celebrate Pride without acknowledging that we wouldn’t even HAVE a Pride month if it weren’t for the brave black, brown, trans, and queer folks whose uprising against the police at Stonewall gave birth to the modern LGBTQ+ rights movement? It is our responsibility to speak out against the hate and violence that such a vital part of our community continue to face.⁣ ⁣ We stand in solidarity with the #BlackLivesMatter movement and the hundreds of thousands of queer people of color who log in to our app every day. We will not be silent, and we will not be inactive. Today we are making donations to the Marsha P. Johnson Institute @mpjinstitute and Black Lives Matter @blklivesmatter, and urge you to do the same if you can (links in bio). We will continue to fight racism on Grindr, both through dialogue with our community and a zero-tolerance policy for racism and hate speech on our platform. As part of this commitment, and based on your feedback, we have decided to remove the ethnicity filter from our next release.⁣ ⁣ Tomorrow, we will announce our #PridePerseveres calendar, but in a different light. Yes, we can still come together in the spirit of Pride, but Pride this year has an added responsibility, a shifted tone, and a new priority that will be reflected in our programming—support and solidarity for queer people of color and the #BlackLivesMatter movement.

Uma publicação compartilhada por Grindr (@grindr) em 1 de Jun, 2020 às 12:12 PDT

O filtro já causa polêmica e é alvo de diversas críticas há alguns anos, mas a plataforma decidiu tirá-lo em solidariedade aos protestos.