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Afroerotik
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Username: Afroerotik
Post Number: 4
Registered: 01-2006
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, April 04, 2006 - 09:43 am: | 
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http://www.petitiononline.com/Afro4321/petition.html
The images of African Americans in the adult industry are largely atypical of the true African American experience. The perpetuation of racist and stereotypical images prevalent in the adult industry work to foster unhealthy and diseased perceptions of African Americans and render the majority of African Americans without avenue for healthy erotic expression. The perpetuation of the Black woman as the Ghetto Bitch, Ghetto Whore, and Ghetto Freak is not reflective of the vast and overwhelming majority of Black women. The perpetuation of the Black man as the barely literate, one-dimensional bull is offensive and steeped in sick prejudices that are not reflective of the vast majority of African American males.
The quality of Black or Ebony adult material available is horrific. Internet sites tend to list ebony or interracial content as “fetish” as if there is something freakish or abnormal about Black sexuality that sets it apart from the norm. The videos available are as low budget as one can possibly get; the actors and actresses are usually taken from the most disenfranchised and marginalized portion of the population, the sets appear to be nothing more than housing project residences with cameras and lights set up. Similarly, Black oriented magazines seem to produce a fair amount of income from the most minimal of investment. This not only fosters a belief in the members of the economically disadvantaged Black community that sex is somehow the equivalent of Black identity and the only way out of poverty but also reinforces a false and offensive belief in members of other races that people of African descent are nothing more than highly-sexual, primitive beasts.
We, the undersigned, hereby demand that the following conditions IMMEDIATELY be set forth by the decision makers of the adult industry that knowingly and willfully sustain these offensive images of African Americans in order to make a profit. We call for:
·The immediate cease and desist of the use of the word Nigger (or any pronunciation thereof) in adult films. That word should not ever be used in connotation to sexual arousal. When used in that context, it becomes the sexual trigger for some and they then associate that word with Black sexuality. The word nigger is a racial slur, not an aphrodisiac. While the use of the word has become commonplace in African American vernacular, that does not mean that it’s acceptable to promote or convince anyone that its meaning has somehow been morphed into something positive or benign.
·Intentional and concerted effort to be made to show African Americans in a more favorable and well-rounded light. Black people are capable of more than interracial couplings and Freak Fest Extravaganzas. Black adult stars are rarely ever featured together, implying that Black people are only arousing when paired with white people. All black adult entertainment usually panders to the lowest common denominator, virtually excluding those individuals that might be seeking adult entertainment that does not originate from housing projects or Black Bike Week.
·The reinvestment of profits made from the adult industry Black market be made into inner city neighborhoods to improve schools and provide job training to rectify the intentional exploitation of lower income African Americans. If there is to be even the pretense of racial equality in this country, then there must be concerted efforts made to rectify the educational and vocational imbalances that exist in urban areas. Reinvestment of funds made from the exploitative measures of the adult industry that has capitalized on disenfranchised Black people is step one in a good faith effort to show the African American community at large that mainstream America believes that everyone can achieve given the proper tools.
·An immediate cease and desist of the practice of using economically disenfranchised African Americans as tools for adult entertainment. The very nature of the practice is racist and offensive. It gives people of other races with the false impression that Black people are stereotypical caricatures only capable of base behaviors. It leaves the victims themselves with a false sense of identity by promoting the concept that all they are capable of is sex in exchange for money. Most importantly, it is not entertaining or arousing for the vast majority of African Americans that exist outside of that reality. It is offensive to suggest that showing such a miniscule portion of the Black community in an adult light will be source for arousal for all.
·African Americans that come from all walks of life and aesthetic expression be represented in tasteful, erotic scenarios. Black women can be beautiful and sexy with natural hair yet they seem to be dangerously missing from the adult industry. Showing image after image solely of African American female buttocks simply serves to objectify and dehumanize the subjects. Apparently, lighter complexioned African American men are not considered attractive or sexual because their presence in the adult industry is minimal which only serves to reinforce the “Mandingo, cotton-picking, big-dicked-Negro-as-Buck” stereotype. That negatively defines Black manhood as being equivalent to skin tone and penis size.
While it is true that if these demands are not met, the adult industry will continue to operate utilizing these racist and offensive practices without much repercussion. Implementing these changes however will usher in a new wave of Ebony adult entertainment that will appeal to larger percentages of African American and mainstream populations alike. The adult industry must be held accountable for perpetuating and profiting from stereotypes that must be dismantled.
http://www.petitiononline.com/Afro4321/petition.html
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Chrishayden
"Cyniquian" Level Poster
Username: Chrishayden
Post Number: 2000
Registered: 03-2004
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, April 04, 2006 - 01:51 pm: |
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Are you talking adult films as in f**k films? Is not racism and tastelessness not the point of such filth?
And what are you doing watching them, anyway? Aren't you concerned for your immortal soul?
You're ABM in disquise, aren't you? |
Schakspir
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Username: Schakspir
Post Number: 253
Registered: 12-2005
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, April 04, 2006 - 02:16 pm: |
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This one is a no-brainer. Most porn is geared towards sexually-repressed whites, first of all, so don't be surprised at what you see. A lot of this has been in porn from the very beginning(before Deep Throat). Black directors should make their own damn porn films(actually, they do) and not cater to fucked-up white tastes. |
Chrishayden
"Cyniquian" Level Poster
Username: Chrishayden
Post Number: 2002
Registered: 03-2004
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, April 04, 2006 - 02:39 pm: |
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We want standards in the porn industry or we'll--we'll--what?
Maybe next we'll be campaigning for strippers to wear clothes or maybe the Klan to use the term "N-word".
All the problems negroes face and somebody comes up with this! |
Brownbeauty123
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Username: Brownbeauty123
Post Number: 55
Registered: 03-2006
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, April 04, 2006 - 03:25 pm: |
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LOL I agree Chrishayden
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Mzuri
"Cyniquian" Level Poster
Username: Mzuri
Post Number: 333
Registered: 01-2006
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, April 04, 2006 - 04:22 pm: |
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If we want porn flicks portraying us in a positive light, then we must empower ourselves. We must begin writing, producing, financing, directing and distributing our own porn films. And stop waiting on executives in the adult entertainment industry (white ppl). |
Chrishayden
"Cyniquian" Level Poster
Username: Chrishayden
Post Number: 2009
Registered: 03-2004
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Votes: 1 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, April 04, 2006 - 04:59 pm: |
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"Porn flicks portraying us in a positive light"?
Okay--
Suppose let us say I am really into golden showers. That is porn. What would be a positive way to present it? Perhaps have the woman getting that R. Kelly spritzer recite from Zora Neale Hurston? Maybe having her wear an afro? How about a picture of Jomo Kenyatta on the wall?
Suppose I really like seeing a woman doing it with a donkey? How do we do this so that she is not dehumanized. Have the donkey talk maybe? Sing in Paul Robeson's voice, or croon love Kwaansaabas to her?
Get a grip people!
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Mzuri
"Cyniquian" Level Poster
Username: Mzuri
Post Number: 335
Registered: 01-2006
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, April 04, 2006 - 08:01 pm: |
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I was responding to the OP. I'm not even into porn anyway. But if we want our porn to portray us however AfroErotik wants it to be, then we must do it ourselves. Not circulate a petition to the white man about it. That's all I'm saying.
And, oh by the way, I don't know about the rest of you SisterGirls, but in all the years that I've been fucking Black men, I have yet to encounter one with a small you know what. That's one of the best things about being a Black woman - you Black men sure do have it goin on  |
Brownbeauty123
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Username: Brownbeauty123
Post Number: 56
Registered: 03-2006
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, April 04, 2006 - 09:21 pm: |
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Mzuri you sure are lucky girl! LOL
Well, I'm not that experienced only been with two men. But my first was a Black guy who was rather small. And then my ex boyfriend was an average size.
I thought the whole idea that Black men with big dick's was just a myth. |
Nels
"Cyniquian" Level Poster
Username: Nels
Post Number: 328
Registered: 07-2005
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, April 05, 2006 - 03:12 am: |
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Alright ya'll! Just go on and buy some stock in Vaseline brand petroleum jelly and go take a long lunch break. ;) |
Doberman23
"Cyniquian" Level Poster
Username: Doberman23
Post Number: 269
Registered: 01-2006
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, April 05, 2006 - 10:47 pm: |
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jergens is way less abrasive .... um... from what i hear. |
Doberman23
"Cyniquian" Level Poster
Username: Doberman23
Post Number: 271
Registered: 01-2006
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Wednesday, April 05, 2006 - 11:01 pm: |
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by the way ...you guys do realize that everyone gets paid for fudging (i'm trying to cut down own my cursing) in the adult/porn world ... i mean do u think they really care about what anyone has to say about there movie titles? and just because you watch porn or accidently go to assparade.com everyday at least twice ... doesn't mean that your a pervert ... it just means that ... um... yeah are you guys ready for the new baseball season?  |
Msprissy
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Username: Msprissy
Post Number: 17
Registered: 03-2006
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, April 06, 2006 - 11:36 am: |
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>>>>>"Porn flicks portraying us in a positive light"?
Okay--
Suppose let us say I am really into golden showers. That is porn. What would be a positive way to present it? Perhaps have the woman getting that R. Kelly spritzer recite from Zora Neale Hurston? Maybe having her wear an afro? How about a picture of Jomo Kenyatta on the wall?
Suppose I really like seeing a woman doing it with a donkey? How do we do this so that she is not dehumanized. Have the donkey talk maybe? Sing in Paul Robeson's voice, or croon love Kwaansaabas to her? <<<<<
FOTFL. Sorry, can't complain, don't watch porn. And if I did, it would be as a writer and for research purposes. I almost did but decided against it. Didn't want to create any cookies (footprints) to my e-mail address.
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Mzuri
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Username: Mzuri
Post Number: 338
Registered: 01-2006
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Thursday, April 06, 2006 - 01:45 pm: |
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Porn in a positive light would perhaps entail a provocative story line depicting passionate romance, glamorous set decor, more enticing costumes - but then again I'm not into porn myself. I was simply suggesting that we Black ppl strive for self-empowerment instead of whining and pleading to the white man to change the way he portrays us in his films. |
Chrishayden
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Username: Chrishayden
Post Number: 2014
Registered: 03-2004
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Friday, April 07, 2006 - 01:21 pm: |
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Doberman:
They get paid and they get paid good. All them ex porn stars who talk about how porn hurts the victim would shut up if they were getting residuals on their films--which I can sympathize with. |
Afroerotik
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Username: Afroerotik
Post Number: 54
Registered: 01-2006
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, April 23, 2006 - 06:33 am: |
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So anything is okay as long as long you get paid for it? Damn, I'm glad my family taught me integrity. |
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