Black Porn Sucks

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It's time for Black adult films to move into the 21st century.
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AfroerotiK
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The images of African Americans in the adult industry are largely atypical of the true Black experience. The perpetuation of racist and stereotypical images prevalent in the adult industry work to foster unhealthy and diseased perceptions of African Americans and render the majority of African Americans without avenue for healthy erotic expression. The perpetuation of the Black woman as the Ghetto Bitch, Ghetto Whore, and Ghetto Freak is not reflective of the vast and overwhelming majority of Black women. The perpetuation of the Black man as the barely literate, one-dimensional bull is offensive and steeped in sick prejudices that are not reflective of the vast majority of African American males as well.

The quality, or lack thereof, of Black or Ebony adult material available is horrific. Internet sites tend to list ebony or interracial content as "fetish" as if there is something freakish or abnormal about Black sexuality that sets it apart from the norm. The videos available are as low budget as one can possibly get; the actors and actresses are usually taken from the most disenfranchised and marginalized portion of the population, the sets appear to be nothing more than housing project residences with an HD camera and a tripod purchased from Best Buy. Similarly, Black oriented magazines seem to produce a fair amount of income from recycling images from 1975 with production costs that range around $.04 per poorly printed copy.

The word nigger is a racial epithet, not an aphrodisiac. There needs to be an immediate cease and desist of the use of the word Nigger (or any pronunciation thereof) in adult films/websites. That word should not ever be used in connotation to sexual arousal. When used in that context, it becomes the sexual trigger for people of other races and they then associate that word with Black sexuality and their arousal. It's unacceptable convince anyone that it's erotic or sensual to throw that vile, offensive word around during sex to fulfill or perpetuate their racist/slave/Mandingo/dark continent fantasies.

Intentional and concerted effort needs to be made to show African Americans in a more favorable and well-rounded light. Black people are capable of more than interracial couplings and Freak Fest Ghetto Extravaganzas. Black adult stars are rarely ever featured together, implying that Black people are only arousing when paired with white people. All black adult entertainment usually panders to the lowest common denominator, virtually excluding those individuals that might be seeking adult entertainment that does not originate from housing projects or Black Bike Week.

Using economically disenfranchised African Americans as tools for adult entertainment is standard fare for the industry. The very nature of the practice is racist and offensive. It leave people of other races with the false impression that Black people are all on welfare, all victims of gunshots, and only capable of the most vanilla and mundane sex acts perform while drunk on malt liquor. It leaves the "actors" themselves with a false sense of identity by promoting the concept that all they are capable of is sex in exchange for money. Most importantly, it is not entertaining or arousing for the vast majority of African Americans that exist outside of that reality. It is offensive to suggest that showing such a miniscule portion of the Black community in an adult light is the source for arousal for all of us.

African Americans that come from all walks of life and aesthetic expression should be represented in tasteful, erotic scenarios. Black women can be beautiful and sexy with natural hair yet they seem to be dangerously missing from the adult industry. Showing image after image solely of African American female buttocks simply serves to objectify and dehumanize the subjects. Apparently, lighter complexioned African American men are not considered attractive or sexual because their presence in the adult industry is minimal which only serves to reinforce the "Mandingo, cotton-picking, big-dicked-Negro-as-Buck" stereotype. That negatively defines Black manhood as being equivalent to skin tone and penis size.

I find it disheartening that it's almost 2010 and I, a reasonably intelligent, sensual mature Black woman, can't find one single erotic film/video that speaks to me. It's sad that my female peers feel the need to deny their sexuality because we have no concept of what it is to have erotica that isn't raunchy and degrading, because we have no erotic outlet other than books. I'm prepared to take the industry by storm, create material for us, by us, that speaks to us and appeals to all races. I create erotica that arouses men and women, both black and white. I write stories that show our complexity and sensuality that aren't whitewashed, colorless tales but rather I write about our issues in our language and that isn't a coon/minstrel show that makes us look like buffoons. People of African descent deserve adult material that is light years ahead of what's available to us now. "Well, the adult industry isn't going to change. We have to make our own." I hear that all the time from the legions of people who share my frustration. Unfortunately, the white power structure has to sign on, someone has to open the door in order for us to get our foot in or else we will be spinning our wheels in futility.

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Copyright 2009 Scottie Lowe

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bingerginger33bingerginger33almost 5 years ago
Positive developments

A lot has changed in since this piece was published. Still a long, long way to go for accurate representation of black sexuality but the direction of things is encouraging.

Sinnamon2010Sinnamon2010over 7 years ago
Totally agree ...

Great post! Planning to check out your stuff ...

crazenationZapcrazenationZapover 8 years ago
Well then.

I'm guessing you're not a fan of the whole D/S thing. I don't blame you. Racial slurs are not something to be taken lightly, and I see why you view it as both offensive and humiliating. And submission is a hard concept to grasp (Although I'd be lying if I said I was a full sub - trust me. I've tried. I'm too much of a fighter.) I've met my share of men who simply want my attention just because I have this kink. They're usually scared off by my long list of boundaries that come along with it. But I'm just going to assume that nothing I say will ever change your mind. I'm young, so I have the advantage of only encountering the word a few times (mostly when visiting cousins in the deep south, internet commenters, and a very racist kindergarten teacher), making it not affect me as much. I'll just leave it at that, hopefully not pissing you off in the process, because that is not my intention.

AfroerotiKAfroerotiKover 8 years agoAuthor
But of course

Getting to know someone before letting them call you a nigger as a form of arousal is not at all dysfunctional. Nope. Not at all. *Sigh

crazenationZapcrazenationZapover 8 years ago
While I do agree with you...

I think, with regards to your feelings on race play, it's just different strokes for different folks. As a black woman, I personally am open to it, but I would not ever do it in the way it is presented to me in porn. Black porn fails to present the whole erotic aspect to that particular sub-fetish within BDSM, and like much porn, black or otherwise, it seems degrading. I would never let anyone call me a "nigger" in the bedroom without thoroughly getting to know them first. That element of trust and taboo is what makes it erotic, but you'd rarely see that in porn, ironically. BUT I do understand why you view it as degrading.

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