Ok, so the latest ‘Porn is Racist’ diatribe has been published over at VICE, entitled, “Black Porn Performers Call For Changes in Adult Industry, Including Cutting Out Agents,” and the laughs come long and hard.
Incidentally, I write this with an acknowledgment that there are indeed important issues concerning race that should be addressed in all areas of entertainment — and indeed in society at large. However, they should be addressed by rational stakeholders not under the sway of teleological, post-modernist Critical Race Theory.
The star of the VICE piece is 43-year old ex-“adult performer Lasha Lane—who is self-described as the original Ebony BBW (Big Beautiful Woman) porn star.”
According to iafd.com she was active from 1998-2001.
To say that she’s not exactly a power player is an understatement.
Also, I can recall reading a certain woke manifesto that said we should stop calling Black people “Ebony” because it fetishizes them. Hmmmm.
From the VICE story:
Rather than focusing on past traumas, the entertainer and her peers wanted to take active steps towards creating a safer and more equitable work environment. Together they enlisted a group of performers, directors, and producers, to advocate for industry-wide changes in sex work and pornography. The group—which includes porn actor Sinnamon Love, producer Shine Louise Houston, and master fetish trainer Jet Setting Jasmine, among others—is calling itself the BIPOC Adult Industry Collective. To date they have over 35 members.
The collective wants Black, Indigenous, and people of color (BIPOC) voices to lead the shift for more equitable porn. While adamant they want to focus on positives, the group acknowledges that the need for change stems from the industry’s history of discrimination, bigotry, and cultural appropriation.
Okay, for the last time, there is no such thing as cultural appropriation. Culture does not being to anyone. It’s not property, thus it’s not proprietary and cannot be appropriated.
Words mean things.
However, this is my favorite part:
Sorry to inform you, Ms. Lane, but central Casting is for EXTRAS, not actors. Professional actors/musicians/dancers/comics have agents and managers.
And lastly, there’s this gem:
When thinking about what BIPOC-supported companies might look like Lane listed off several ideas.
“Putting our power and resources around awards shows with a real history of diversity and inclusion like Urban X. . . .”
LOL Urban X.
See:
Urban X Awards Names Host Who Refuses To Do IR!
Alexander DeVoe is Full of Sh!t and @urbanXawards is Racist by His Own Standard #BlackLivesMatter
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The vast majority of women of color in porn aren’t very attractive. Thats partially why they get less opportunities in porn then the white girls that dominate the industry’s charts. There are plenty of really pretty black women out there, they just don’t enter porn.
Here is a fact of life: Porn is based on the attractiveness of its performers and their willingness to perform in roles that are wanted by the mostly white customer base. Black women just aren’t attractive to most white people. That is a fact of life and black performers are going to have to accept that. You can’t force men to have an erection to someone they aren’t attracted to. There is a place for black women in this industry but producers are going to do what will add to their pocketbook and it isn’t more female black roles in porn movies (ironically, many whites love to see big black cock fucking little (adult) white pussy so black men will do better in the traditional arena of porn). I am sorry but that is just the way it is! Black women are going to have to go the route of OnlyFans or Clips 4 Sale to make a living in this industry, advertising to those attracted to black women (mainly other blacks). I think the right black women can make enough money to live off of via OnlyFans and Clips 4 Sale but they are going to have to promote the hell out of themselves to do it.