Jungle Fever

There is the saying "once you go black, you never go back." I have witnessed people who went black, went back to white, then right back to black, and maybe add a lesbian or latino in there somewhere. Interracial relations had been considered a pariah in mainstream society until recently, and even today some people (looking at you, baby boomers and their parents) still don't like it.

Thomas Jefferson kind of put interracial relations on the map because of his relationship with his slave Sally Hemmings. Historically, white women fears blacks because they thought they were "animalistic" or "sexually depraved." Emmitt Till was lynched for whistling at a white girl. Interracial sex is still taboo for some, but has an entire niche within porn. Black male sexuality has gone from undesirable to being known for forceful rough sex and alleged large penis sizes.

While I do not think rappers are necessarily sexist (see prior blog), they are definitely playing into the popularity of the masculine black man who worth is based on pimping abilities and how many different color females orifices he can fill with his genitalia. Black men today are stereotyped as having the larger dicks, and all the while having sex with a black man is still taboo, yet desirable and sought after simultaneously. Our society today is more interested in interracial relations within porn.

Fun times with Tommy and Pam

An example of this can be seen in the comparison of two leaked sex videos. Who can forget the memorable moment when Tommy Lee blows a horn with his "well endowed cock." This scene has been emphasized within popular culture because large penis's are supposed to be associated with black men, so Tommy Lee is proud of himself because he has a large dick and is white, and wants the world to know he isn't like other "smaller" white men.

On the other hand, Kim K and Ray J's porn wasn't focused so much on his genitals, as much as Kim was sleeping with a black man. She has since been notorious for her supposed jungle fever (also a very racist term). While this can be a positive stereotype, it is a stereotype nonetheless. Racial stereotypes of the animalistic black man are very racist, and wouldn't be allowed in mainstream society, but in Porn, it is accepted, and even sought after.