He’s taller, weighs more and has a bigger penis than white guys. And you might say that since topping is about exerting control, he should also be more aggressive and take-charge than you are. If you were going to build the ideal top, you’d probably say he has to be bigger than you are, in terms of height, weight, and package size. As for the second question - why so many whites want to see the Mandingo version of interracial sex - there are some intriguing possibilities.įirst, the nature of topping.
While there are no surveys (that I know of) of white preferences in interracial porn, I seriously doubt that the full glory of sexual variety stops at interracial sex - that whites want to see blacks in one and only one role. First, are porn studios right that whites don’t want to see black bottoms? And second, if it’s true, why? There are two questions that come to my mind. But even porn producers admit it’s uncommon. Are porn studios right? Whites don’t want to see black bottoms?īefore we go any further, it must be stated that there are porn studios that feature African-Americans bottoming for whites. But once they hear him speak, a lot of white guys lose interest, because Mike doesn’t exactly talk like the stereotype of a “tough guy from the streets.” Seeing their thug fantasies evaporate, these white guys lose interest and walk away. Mike looks a lot like the black guy many whites fantasize about having sex with: He’s good-looking, tall, and big. My friend Mike, who’s African-American, recounts many a disappointed look in the faces of white guys who hit on him. Like all stereotypes, there is a degree of truth in that characterization of gay white men. He wants the “ Mandingo” experience: a forceful submission to a hypersexual, superaggressive, hung-like-the-Florida-Panhandle street thug. “They don’t buy or rent interracial porn anywhere near the amount that whites do.”Īnd there you have it, the reason it’s so uncommon to find porn that presents black men in full sexual versatility, according to porn studios: The buyer is white, and he doesn’t want to see it. “Are you telling me there isn’t a black guy out there who wants to see white tops?” “But what about African Americans?” I asked.
The producer insisted I was in the minority and that my video wouldn’t go viral if I insisted on having a white top. “Well,” I said to him, “I like interracial porn, and I’d like to see more versatility.” “Most of the white guys who watch interracial porn want the fantasy of submitting to a tough street thug.” “You’d be breaking an unwritten rule in gay porn,” one producer said. I spoke to several porn producers about using an interracial couple to dramatize the how-to points in the book, and they all told me it wouldn’t work unless the black guy topped the white guy.
If searches on the Internet didn’t lead me to those questions, my experiences while trying to make the video version of my gay sex advice book, How to Bottom Like a Porn Star, did. Is gay porn racist? Or is it a benign form of stereotyping?
Ever notice how hard it is to find black guys bottoming for whites in interracial porn? With few exceptions, porn studios seem to think there is only one acceptable way to show interracial sex: the hyperaggressive African-American top and the submissive white bottom.