Interracial pornography

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Although always a steady feature of pornography, "interracial" pornography began growing in visibility during the 1990s and the rise of the Internet. Throughout the 2000s it has become a prominent aspect of pornography. It is possible that the increasing number of interracial relationships in the 21st century, and the decreasing stigma thereabout, has fueled a demand for interracial pornography movies and websites.^{[citation needed]}

The term, as used in American pornography produced during the free love movement, initially referred to sexual activity between African-Americans and Caucasians. With the advent of widespread internet distribution, "interracial pornography" has come to refer to any pornography involving multiple ethnicities.

In Europe, interracial pornography can focus directly on racial stereotypes.^{[citation needed]} These are the two markets where interracial pornography (and, indeed, pornography in general) is the most widely distributed.^{[citation needed]}

For example, in arguably the most common type of American ethnic pornography^{[citation needed]}, a group of generally at least three Black men are shown in a video having sex with a single White woman, which allows for a variety of sexual fantasies to be played out on the part of the viewer, depending on the sex, sexual orientation and ethnicity of that viewer^{[citation needed]} (Although these sites are mostly frequented by white males)^[1]. All the Black male performers are depicted as aggressive, young, energetic, sleazy, thuggish, and generally quite vulgar in speech (eg. verbally harassing and abusing the white woman simply because she is white).^{[citation needed]} This is in contrast to many White male performers who prefer to retain an experienced, "cooler" attitude with relatively older looks.^{[citation needed]} Penis size of black male performers while having sex with a white woman is strongly emphasised, and the female performers routinely make vocal comments on this point, often declaring that a black penis is much bigger and better than a white man's.^{[citation needed]} There are websites dedicated to niches in inter-racial pornography. "My daughters fucking a black dude" is one such website.^{[citation needed]}

One of the distinguishing features of interracial porn is the relative rarity of overt miscegenation in most contemporary societies, and the associated exoticism thereof — whether positively or negatively perceived.^{[citation needed]}

As such de facto segregation continues to dwindle in the wake of the civil rights movement, some interracial pornographers have attempted to remain exotic by becoming ever more garish and blatant (often to the point of satirical racism). Yet other productions have begun to view interracial pornography as just one of the accepted paradigms of the industry.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Notes

1. ^ Gail Dines (2006). "The White Man's Burden: Gonzo Pornography and the Construction of Black Masculinity". Yale Journal of Law and Feminism 18 (1). 

[edit] See also

• Race oriented pornography
• Pornography by region