“Why Interracial Porn is Stupid” (And Why We Agree)

The U.S. porn industry might be at the forefront of things like technology and free expression, but in other ways it has yet to start dragging itself into the 21st century—like where the interracial porn genre is concerned, which remains a vehicle for outmoded and offensive racial, ethnic, and gender stereotypes. Or so argues a recent provocative editorial by Scott McGowan at Eye On Adult, in which he sees titles like "Big Black Sticks in Little White Slits" a reflection of America's toxic preoccupation with race differences: "I think that our whole view on interracial porn proves that we still choose to define ourselves in an extremely archaic way ... We Americans like to think of ourselves as the most advanced culture on the face of the earth, yet, when so many of us get off, we're mind fucking ourselves into stupid, archaic, gender and race roles, and we're all guilty. Blame knows no color in this situation." We'd also hasten to add that in addition to its problematic nature, porn that is expressly marketed as "interracial" is disturbing on another level: titles like "Big Black Sticks in Little White Slits" might be amusing in an alliterative way and all, but in the end they just end up being unimaginative and lazy. How many times can you read the phrase "dark meat" on a DVD box cover before it all starts to get boring anyway?

· "Why Interracial Porn is Stupid and So are You (For Watching It)" (eyeonadult.com)
· See also: "Why Interracial Porn is Stupid ..." (discussion @ Adult DVD Talk)

Previously: Flesh Flicks: Taboo Overload!, Porn of the Moment: "Barely Legal Jungle Fever", Ethnorotica, Porn Valley Dispatch: Meet Strokahontas