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<\/p>\nAn Asian Man and a White Man Switch Grindr Profiles for a Day: WATCH<\/b><\/p>\n
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The social hook-up app Grindr has launched a five-part web series, playfully entitled\u00a0What the Flip?<\/em>, featuring Grindr users who switch profiles with each other to see what the gay<\/a> messaging app is like for different demographics.\u00a0In this installment<\/a>, an Asian man<\/a> and a white man<\/a> try out each other\u2019s profiles.<\/p>\n As host Billy Francesca asks, \u201cWe are investigating the question: when does a preference turn into discrimination?\u201d<\/p>\n He stops bystanders to seek their opinions, while the featured users themselves tackle the issues they face. The white guy<\/a> is confused by the term \u201crice queen,\u201d slang for somebody who pursues Asians, while the Asian guy<\/a> is more than familiar with it:\u00a0\u201cWhen I hear the term \u2018rice queen,\u2019 I immediately roll my eyes.\u201d Other issues including having to \u201cpre-select\u201d users with whether they are \u201cinto Asians,\u201d as well as the frequency and etiquette of messages, are confronted.<\/p>\n The thorny issue of the intersection between race and dating in the gay<\/a> community has been explored periodically<\/a>, especially as it pertains to apps such as Grindr, and this segment put out by the app\u2019s administrators themselves seeks to shed further insight into the subject.<\/p>\n Apologies for the autoplay video<\/a>.<\/p>\n Watch below:<\/p>\n<\/p>\n The post An Asian Man and a White Man Switch Grindr Profiles for a Day: WATCH<\/a> appeared first on Towleroad<\/a>.<\/p>\n