Adult film performer Race Cooper, known for his work with Raging Stallion Studios, has voiced his experience of racism in the industry. In a new interview with PinkNews, the performer alleges the studio paid him less for being black.
Cooper began his career with Raging Stallion in 2010, and claims that the studio only offered him a contract to “appear less racist.”
“In 2010 I became the only full-time black person who worked as an employee,” he says, “and was the only Black exclusive contract on their roster. There was systemic racism at the company. The question of, ‘Is there anyone that you wouldn’t like to work with?’ was asked of all models and tracked with the encouragement from producers and directors to be ‘honest’ and ‘specific’.”
Cooper alleges that the studio allowed models to filter out potential co-stars by race, something that would be called out as racism within any other industry.
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He also claims he made less than his counterparts of other races. “Even fetish scenes that I did, which paid slightly more per shoot, still paid less than any white exclusive,” he says. “I was made to feel like I was not worthy of praise, validation, and definitely less valuable than all of the white actors.”
Cooper eventually lost his job with Raging Stallion when the studio merged with Falcon Studios. At the time, he was the only African-American employee with Raging Stallion, and the only employee laid off.
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For Cooper, these incidents sent a profound message: that black men are fetishized within the industry, and worth less than their counterparts of other races. “When you fetishize a person, you are dehumanizing that person into a thing,” he says. “Fetishes like fist play or sling play have nothing to do with race or skin color. Anyone can participate. But when your fetish is any interchangeable ‘Black guy’, you are taking the human component out of it, and just treating them as objects based on their skin color.”
“Fetishisation diminishes the person of colour, uses them for only personal sexual gratification, and discards them when done,” he continues. “That impact stays with Black people who feel their worth is only in the sexual gratification they can provide to white people.”
Ultimately, Cooper pleads for the LGBTQ community to stand up to racism in all areas of life–including the bedroom.
“As a gay community that wants to truly be anti-racist, and support all of our brothers, sisters and cousins, we have to clean house. While Black Lives Matter focuses on police brutality, how we view and treat others sexually and engage with them, must also be addressed. It’s not enough to only care about Black people in public, but still reduce them to objects we hide under our bed at home. We can’t claim empathy when Black people are killed in the streets, considering we currently treat them differently in the sheets.”
“Racism takes many forms, and our thoughts on racism and sex need to change.”
CenterRight
These days everyone, regardless of your race, is and has been fetishized. Why take offense at something that’s a non-issue? Some people are just too sensitive. They need to stop projecting their own problems onto others.
Apolodorus
He says, obviously not knowing what the word “fetish” or “fetishised” means in the context of race relations.
Go take a long walk off a short pier and shove your “lack of sensitivity” Where the sun doesn’t shine.
Cam
What a shock, the right wing troll account that defends anti-LGBT bigotry also defends racism.
Hdtex
Rightcenter Showing his racism as usual
Coruna2018
Center Right,
…and some people are too racist!
Aaron
CenterRight is a known troll on Queerty.
jkb
Claiming something isn’t a problem doesn’t make it not a problem. If only life were so easy.
WashDrySpin
Cooper eventually lost his job with Raging Stallion when the studio merged with Falcon Studios. At the time, he was the only African-American employee with Raging Stallion, and the only employee laid off.
This is why I have not purchased porn since 2004 because I noticed that porn was educating gay men about sexual racial identities….
dali
I’ve also stopped purchasing porn…because I can get for free on Internet.
startenout
Yeah you probably didn’t notice, but BIPOC definitely notice when we don’t see many or any people that look like us working for any major studio. In fact, we notice that Most often you have to go to a specialized site or specifically “interracial” or “Black/Latino/Asian/etc.” tab to find BIPOC instead of being on the homepage filled with white bodies thus reinforcing that feeling of otherness and fetishization.
dali
Ironicaly, his stage name is ‘Race’ Cooper.
Sister Bertha Bedderthanyu
To me that name alone implies what HE thought he was and those studios proved to him in the end that he sure as hell WASN’T. ALL of his costars makes that point extremely hard to argue against. Not ONE of his costars ever looked like him or if I missed it I’ll bet there weren’t more than two out of all of those scenes that he did for those now “racist” studios. I can only imagine the dozens of studio sponsored parties that were thrown that he wasn’t invited to or even told about unless they needed a sex performer to just that, perform sex at a party for the entertainment of men whom not one looked like him.
Kangol2
He was in porn scenes with other Black and mixed race men for Next Door Ebony, which was the a branch of Next Door Studios. He also starred with other Black men for Cazzo, a German porn company.
Vince
I’m considered a Daddy by allot of younger men. I don’t feel diminished by it in any way. Yes it’s a fetish but I’ll take it where I get it!
I’ve also found that those that complain the loudest usually discriminate the most.
Brian
The difference is that we all age. Anyone can be a daddy, very few can be a Mandingo.
Vince
True that.
I find if hilarious were debating this on this site. Twenty something and white is their only requirement.
Hdtex
NOBODY wants your ugly raggedy ass Vince. Nobody.
startenout
Good for you enjoying your fetish. Were you a daddy fetish when you were 20? 25? Because he was always Black from the day he popped out into he world, so yeah it’s not the same.
Creamsicle
That’s kind of comparing apples to oranges though. Cooper wasn’t pointing out the fact that he was at the bottom of the list of scene partners because he was hurt about not being chosen to have sex, it’s because he wasn’t chosen to work.
He’s a handsome man with the, um, “natural talents” that pornographers look for. I’m sure he can get plenty of dick and ass if that’s all he wants. Performing less has an impact on his living.
There are details missing from this story. Cooper was an employee, but did he have an exclusive contract? The complaint about workplace racism is even more valid if he was barred from performing with other studios or creating his own content.
Sister Bertha Bedderthanyu
From the article: “For Cooper, these incidents sent a profound message: that black men are fetishized within the industry, and worth less than their counterparts of other races. “When you fetishize a person, you are dehumanizing that person into a thing,” he says. “Fetishes like fist play or sling play have nothing to do with race or skin color. Anyone can participate. But when your fetish is any interchangeable ‘Black guy’, you are taking the human component out of it, and just treating them as objects based on their skin color.”
Ok Race, we understand what your getting at or better yet what you aren’t saying. What raised a flag with me is how you won’t say how little it was that you were paid or if you knew it was THAT low why you stayed with the industry. You make it sound as though you did all of that for less than $1k per scene. You took toys up your rear that were mind boggling. Not one of them seemed to be less than thirteen inches long with a circumference of no less than eight inches. Yeah, I saw and well remember what I saw and applauded your performances. You were absolutely fantastic. And now all of them can be viewed free of charge online with you receiving not ONE dime in residual but they do offer great advertising for the studios that made them and are still in business regardless of who the new owners are. You allowed these people to make an as of you and now that you are no longer someone of use to them and you’re off the drugs you see what you were and want to warn others who are NOT going to listen because of the same reason you didn’t listen to your subconscious, sex with hot guys, free drugs and not realize you had no sense of self respect.
Dude, get with a writer and do the same thing Bobby Blake did, write a book about it (My Life In Porn). Don’t have the notion that you are going to get “even” with them by writing that book because people such as Beau Banks, Phoenix Fellington, Deangelo Jackson, the so called top Max Konnor (who as Isaiah Fox was one of the hottest black bottoms ever filmed though I still think Remy Mars is number one) and a slew of others have already taken your place (spit use instead of lube..the whole shabang).
Good luck in your recovery and I hope you think seriously about writing that book instead of whining about it in articles on gay websites that any black person should find degrading. Or so you’d think they would find degrading because every article they print about blacks won’t get printed unless it contains some form of degradation to them in one form or the other (jail, drugs, racism etc..). Love you still. Take care.
CenterRight
The sex scene you describe in your comment is absolutely horrid and should be banned. Anyone obsessed with these kind of depraved sexual activities need to see a shrink and find out just how sick they are and how low they have sunk.
Den
@ centerright (who is obviously far right):
People like you say exactly the same thing about depictions of any gay sex. Sad to see how your life has warped you…you are the one who really needs professional help. Not so you try the things you are so horrified by, but so you come to understand how provincial, backwards and small minded your judgments of others are.
You are not the universal arbiter of proper behavior, and never will be.
masterwill7
@Center right You know what, we all read your comments, those nasty dark hater comments… What we also see through those comments is that you are someone who wants to do all the things he condones, but doesn’t have the guts for it… I would almost say a closeted gay who meets other guys in motels so he can fake a life he doesn’t really want.. There you go, you have had you share of attention. Now STFU! 😉
Kangol2
@Sister, there was a film about Cooper underway a while ago. I heard about it but am not sure what ever happened with that.
@Center Right (aka CastleSF/HereIAm, etc.) is a fear-ridden, self-loathing gay man who, on this site’s partner site, was lusting after Aaron Schock. He likes to troll but what’s clear is that he’s fascinated by fisting, and I don’t doubt he’ll be scampering toward a sling, legs up, once the sex parties really open back up in Palm Springs. Maybe he’ll even let Aaron Schock fist him, though Schock only seems to be interested in White gays, and Center Right admitted a while ago that he was Asian American.
Center_Right
kangol2, it’s hard to be civil with you while you continue to spread untrue and vile rumors about me and this misguided notion that I take a fancy to a white ex-politician some self-righteous gays love to hate. I don’t suppose most readers take much interest in my personal life so there is no point in trying to dispute your twisted and unkind portrayal of my personal sex preference. My only advice to you sir is, stop watching so much disgusting porn. It has made you dreadfully dull and uninteresting.
RobF
Agreed, Sister Bertha Bedderthanyu. Race Cooper lacked “specifics” with respect to being paid less as well as casting preferences to which he alluded. Outside of his views of being victimized, don’t all porn stars get used and then discarded when their value fades? It’s nothing new.
Kangol2
@Center_Right, are you now going to deny that under one of your previous screen names (was it HereIAm or CastleSF?), on Queerty’s partner site, you posted that you thought that closeted hypocrite Aaron Shock was hot? Girl, don’t make me or others have to come with receipts. As for watching porn, you should try it; you’re not only repressed and self-oppressed, but you often sound like you’re ready to explode. BTW, Palm Springs has some excellent gay psychologists and psychiatrists, so you should check one out. Psychological and psychiatric services are covered under all Obamacare, Medicare and Medicaid plans.
WSnyder
I can’t say I’ve knowingly experienced ‘Racism’ being Caucasian, I certainly know homophobia. But being older and having a handicap, I have experienced a lot of ‘ageism’ and ‘ableism’ and mostly from the LGBTQ+ Community. When I was on Grindr [gave it up 2 years ago], I tried with an honest profile with my age and handicap at first and never had anyone interested. Then I went more generic dropping the age and just used a daddy description and dropped the handicap all together and got guys interested enough to contact and sometimes hook-up. But of course the missing leg put some guys off even though it’s not effected my sexual abilities. Going out? Even worse. If I wear shorts, no one seems interested and attempts to pick-up guys get rebuffed. Wearing jeans/pants makes me approachable but once they learn I wear a prosthetic, they’re suddenly using excuses to leave or ‘already have something going on tonight’. Yeah. Ableism is one of the unspoken parts of ugliness in the LGBTQ+ Community. Everyone ‘says’ it’s just terrible and condemn the practice but to me, everyone practices it just fine, so I get use to the duplicity and prejudice. But it still hurts. A lot. So I may not know racism, but I have some idea of what it must be like. And it must suck and NOT in a good way.
startenout
Definitely similar and at least you can hide yours sometimes, although I wonder if hiding it does some kind of other emotional damage. *Sigh* It’s all terrible, honestly.
WashDrySpin
Gay white porn companies has always been based on the needs of white gay men
Black men are the tops and are there to please the white man
Asian men are the bottoms and are there to please the white man
Hispanic men are versatile and there to please the white man
Chris
WTF? And I’ve heard black men aren’t supposed to bottom because they’re being subjected to the repression of white men. There is no winning this stupid argument.
WashDrySpin
@Chris there is no winning with dumb people like yourself
frapachino
Sorry there isn’t as much of a demand for black performers as there is white! It’s a business decision cup cake nothing more!
Den
All discrimination can be seen as a “business decision.”
Refusal to hire women or gay people, or people of a certain age, for example.
Not unlikely that you support those as well with the far right attitudes you demonstrate in your posts.
Kangol2
Hey, Cup Cake, “Black” is one of the most highly searched terms according to Pornhub, so not everyone is a white supremacist like you, Cup Cake, but to the larger point, Cup Cake, should anyone be surprised you’re defending racism, Cup Cake? Nope.
startenout
Look, Cupcake, demand is created by a racist white media industry that decided white people were better. Do you get that, Honey? For decades, all media has prized white appearances over all others from TV to print work to, yes, porn and that discrimination is still evident today in the shows that we watch and the products for sale in stores. So maybe actually pay attention to the world, Sweetie, although your ignorance comes as no surprise.
david_swiental
Most of what he says are just his feelings not backed up with any evidence…
Coruna2018
If he were white, you wouldn’t even have to doubt his veracity so don’t lie and say you would do the same. You wouldn’t! What is it about a darker skin color that makes you so racist?
startenout
So the FACT that he was the only exclusive of color in a major studio with a massive roster of performers, the FACT that he was the only performer let go with the merger and the FACT that he was paid less for the same work are just “feelings”…. ya know what, you can’t be educated. Forget it.
Joe Dalmas
This is insane! Race Cooper complaining that he was dehumanized by a porn studio? Honey, you chose the most dehumanizing job on the face of the Earth for heaven’s sake. Don’t you think it’s kind of ridiculous to complain about being dehumanized by a studio when you lend yourself to show your bottom being fisted in HD? Doesn’t it also make sense that, given that job, you’d be asked who turns you on or off? After all you’re going to have to have on-camera sex with your scene partners and it needs to be hot. It seems a bit paranoid that you’d think the studio was just fishing for racial incompatibility. If I were them, I’d be asking the same question. Nothing is worse in gay porn than a flaccid penis on a performer who doesn’t look aroused.
Coruna2018
Especially when that penis is flaccid because the race or ethnicity of the man turns you off, right, Joe? Of course, you’ll hide your racism by saying everyone has a “preference” and that preference “just” happens to focus on how light a skin color is; how Caucasian the facial features are, etc.
Chris
So, let me respond to the first statement supposedly made by the studio. We are racist because of who we’re attracted to sexually. Am I now subject to being told who I’m attracted to or want to have sex with? If I’m contracted to shoot a scene and am asked my preferences and I don’t choose a person of a different race then I’m racist?? What if I don’t want to have sex with a chubby guy? Am I discriminating against large guys? Good god. There may be the best looking guy on the planet and has a perfect body, but maybe I don’t want to have sex with him because of something about him I don’t like. It’s MY damn choice who I have sex with and who I don’t. This shit is getting out of hand.
TrevorKennedy
i agree Chris. As a gay Black Man I guess by the “standards” of the industry I too am a racist against my own race. it’s taken me years of ridicule just because of the race of my husband of 26 years. I just don’t understand what the big deal is, I LOVE the MALE BODY,all shapes, forms, sizes. truth be told that once the lights go out we are all the same color and furthermore, who’s gonna stand aside and shame you? One may never know, the one that got away could be a one eyed bald mouthed, gimped legged bear daddy, but he treats you good and he has a great out look on life.
demetreus
@Trevor, I am sorry darling, but you and Chris are not a match. Most likely because you are not his preference because of the brown color of your skin. Let that sink in for a second..
@chris you need serious help and should probably channel your frustration in other ways. This is the day! There is no going back. Racism is being addressed and if you are not comfortable with the fact that you may be holding a grudge towards people of color, then you should educate yourself and seek compassion.
ShiningSex
There is a lot of racism within the gay community as well as transphobia. It’s sad because we should be a COMMUNITY, but a lot of times aren’t.
Inspector 57
Yup!
startenout
Agreed
Raymundo
If you watch enough porn you’ll notice this too.
ScottOnEarth
The overwhelming majority of gay men discriminate on a daily basis….they harshly judge everyone based on ALL physicalities – age, race, weight, body type, hair, etc. It will never change and we all know it.
masterwill7
Amen to that..
Lenny
I agree plainly with you, ScottOnEarth!
Inspector 57
Yeah, discrimination will continue. But, respectfully, I gotta say… Watching porn on the internet has really opened me up to not only accepting but appreciating guys of all types. I think societal attitudes can change.
zealot
I completely stand with and support Race in these complaints. Equating his reduced pay scale, and lay-off as a “business decision” are insupportable and unconscionable false equivalencies. Being used as a “token” or “fetishized” based on the color of your skin, while allowing white performers to opt of of scenes for the same reason are deplorable practices. We should expect better from companies who provide adult entertainment to a community who at our worst should never fail to support all persons without restriction to race, culture, physical traits, national identity or gender expression. We’re definitely not there yet, sadly.
CenterRight
No wonder your name is zealot. Everything has to pass your purity test and it’s my way or highway. The only difference between you and the right wing nuts is your ideology but for everything else you are exactly the same, narrow minded and intolerant.
startenout
@CenterRight you ARE the right wing nut. Somebody asking for people to accept people regardless of skin color should not be the insane request. Saying “I don’t like Black people/White people/Asian people” is not a preference, it’s a prejudice. There are attractive and unattractive people of every race, size, ability, religion or what have you, so trying to justify your racism as a choice just means what you’re choosing to hold onto is bigotry.
GlobeTrotter
As a black male, I’m really getting tired of everyone in the black community playing the victim card. Everything bad that happens is now attributed to racism – if you didn’t get a job, it’s because they are racist; if someone raises their voice at you, it’s because they’re racist; if someone doesn’t find you attractive, it’s because they’re racist.
It’s getting so bad nowadays that no one bothers to do any self-reflection anymore, just to see if their behavior contributes in any way to how they’re treated. Race Cooper would have us believe that he was a victim. Maybe he was, maybe he wasn’t. Maybe Raging Stallion is racist, maybe Raging Stallion isn’t. What’s missing in his allegations is any proof, any rational motivation to justify his accusations. All he has to offer are his own suspicions.
To me, that’s a pretty weak argument. Maybe he was a poor performer. Maybe he has a bad personality. Every bad experience does not automatically equate to racism!
Aaron
GlobeTrotter, your outrage is so fake. Like fake Gucci belt fake lol
You be like, I’m Black and I feel Black people need to be nicer to racist White people. Hahaha
Aaron
Internet trolls pretending to be Black people spewing far-right rhetoric is so 2016. Yawn lol
Kangol2
@Globetrotter girl, you know you sound beyond absurd, right? After 400+ continuous years of racism and white supremacy in this country and society, from chattel slavery to Jim Crow segregation and lynching to the creation of the carceral state to year after year of documented anti-Black racism, and then in the wake of a spate of police murders of Black people, you actually posted this garbage? Please, try harder to fake the funk next time. You earn a grade of F for this attempt.
GlobeTrotter
The worst part of the above comments is the sad reality that people have embraced ideology while losing the ability to think critically and think for themselves. Is there racism in America, yes. Is there police on black violence, yes. Is racism the most plausible explanation for everything bad that happens to black men and women? NO!!
The worst thing that could even happen to black America, worse than 400 years of slavery, worse than Jim Crow, worse than the most heinous form of racism, lynching and discrimination, is to abandon rationalism and critical thought. Then you’re truly doomed to subservience and oblivion.
demetreus
Fake. He ain’t black. But he is dismissed.
startenout
Okay, Candace, Ms Owens if ya nasty, you don’t need to speak as a black male, because you speak for no one but yourself and don’t address so many of the actual arguments being made.
How about this?
If someone says they don’t want to work with someone because they’re black, it’s racist. If that pervasive attitude means you can’t get a job, it’s racist. If someone raises their voice to tell you go back to where you came from, it’s racist.
You criticize Black people for not having rational thought when you’re just here to actually tear us down for not agreeing with you and supporting a tradition of racial discrimination. Is everything that happens in this world because of racism? No. Is even one thing too many things? Yes.
Joe Dalmas
“You fired me because you’re racist!”
“No, I fired you because you’re incompetent!”
“You’re not attracted to me because you’re racist!”
“No, I prefer shorter guys with big noses.”
Etc., etc. Not everything is about race.
startenout
Yeah, that’s the justification trolled out by a lot of white people who have never been racially profiled or discriminated against a single day in their lives.
Your experience of whiteness in a racially oppressive culture is not what’s being discussed here, so how about you take a day off.
D_Bro
Except when it is.
Despite what you want to believe, there is racism in every industry. I know Race and he is a great guy. I have also worked in porn and have never been able to have a non-white costar in the dozen movies I’ve been in.
Lenny
I agree plainly with you, ScottOnEarth!
Josh447
People are attracted to what they are used to. If the world were 90% black, you can be sure the 10% white would be discriminated against.
People hang with their own kind with minor exceptions. They are attracted to their own kind. They run in packs. It’s human nature. It’s genetic. It’s cultural. It’s unchangeable. It’s useless to complain or try to fully change it fully sexually. Never going to happen. The science of attraction just won’t have it.
startenout
Ah good, pseudoscience to justify racism just like the Nazis taught us. I was wondering when we’d get to that thread here. It’s funny that we could learn how to make fire, tools and not live in caves, but that pesky racism just will never be conquered. Hmmm
sonic_source
He has a point. Being referred to as “chocolate” or “brown sugar” is dehumanizing but nobody gives it a second thought, yet if black people were to start calling us “corn starch” or something, we’d think they were nuts. It’s totally a double standard.
jackscott
Blah, blah, blah… porn is all about imagination, desire, fetishes, fun, etc. There are so many different sites that welcome all shapes, sizes, backgrounds. Plus, these days so many guys just have their own account/site, so anybody cane be in porn.
In the end, it is a business, some performers are more desired because people have a willingness to pay to see them in the scenes. If you are consumer, put your $ where you want. If you are a performer, go where you feel comfortable to work.
bmelichar
I watch a lot of gay porn, and I would think Black men would get paid more, since they are much sexier and always have better bodies than the white actors. This is surprising to me.
startenout
I think that just reflects the fact that any oppressed group has to work twice as hard to get half as much. You’ve got to be smarter, hotter, faster, stronger and still take criticism for existing.
stanhope
This is some dumb shit. The porn actors are supposed to be ACTORS. While not MGM, actors are supposed to ACT. The producers choose what tney want to portray to satisfy a market. On screen talent effects that vision. Thank goodness for Casey Donovan who was far better than 90% of today’s actors for being the first major star to work with Black talent. Before any of you dispute his status produce your movie that did what Boys In The Sand did.
ShowMeGuy
If I say that Shawn Wayans is a hot sexy stud….. I’m guilty of *fetishizing* his race.
If I say that Damon Wayans is a goofy looking dude….. I’m guilty of racism.
Kangol2
No, you’re only accused of that by adding the stupid, racist rejoinders you did.
If you find Shawn Wayans hot, you find him hot!
If you think Damon Wayans is goofy-looking, you find him goofy-looking.
If you find ALL Black men hot and fixate on “BBCs,” you’re fetishizing.
If you think ALL Black or ALL Asian men or ALL Latinx men etc. are ugly, you probably have racist issues.
Got it?
D_Bro
No, but if you say they are hot BECAUSE they are black does make it racist.
demetreus
Shame on the racists that are commenting on this post, saying that they aren’t racist. Yet defending their “preference” and getting upset because a person of color has decided to speak up about their exposure to racism. Darlings, you are mistaken so I am happy to give you the definition of racism. “ prejudice, discrimination, or antagonism directed against someone of a different race based on the belief that one’s own race is superior.” – ok children, now read that one more time, let it sink in and then take a good look at yourself in the closest mirror you can find.
GlobeTrotter
Yet where is the proof that Race Cooper was a target of “prejudice, discrimination, or antagonism directed at someone of a different race based on the belief that one’s own race is superior”? And therein lies the catch. Simply having a hunch, simply relying on your gut feelings is NOT proof.
Years ago after graduating college, I got my first job in the HR department at a large insurance company in Upstate New York. Every morning on my way to my cubicle, I would great the receptionist sitting at the front of the department, and every time she replied with a sneer. So I concluded this woman must be a racist and determined to avoid her at all cost. Months into my new job I realized that I wasn’t the only victim of her unpleasant personality. She sneered at everyone, maybe except the CEO. It was then that I realized, she wasn’t racist, she was just a deeply unhappy individual that had nothing nice to say to anyone.
Now I’m not equating this to the racist treatment people suffer on a daily basis. I’m trying to point out that not every bad thing that happens to an African American equates to racism. Sometimes people are nasty towards you, not because they’re racist, but because they’re jealous, they’re having a bad day or God forbid, they’re simply and genuinely unpleasant people 24 hours a day. My problem with Race Cooper’s post is that he offers no proof of racism, just his gut feelings as a black man. So now we’re all supposed to express sympathy and condemn the racism he had to endure in the porn industry? Sorry, but I have a thinking brain and I like to use it every now and then.
demetreus
@globetrotter 1, You need to THOROUGHLY re-read this post to get your question answered. 2. Where is the proof that Race Cooper was not a target of “prejudice, discrimination, or antagonism directed at someone of a different race based on the belief that one’s own race is superior” 3. “So now we’re all supposed to express sympathy and condemn the racism he had to endure in the porn industry?” You are the one that clicked on the original post, so you basically set yourself up. You seem more worried about expressing your opposition towards it, so I have no further interest in conversing with you. Best of luck on your journey!
startenout
@GlobeTrotter OMG that fake anecdote isn’t even yours! It’s literally a cut and paste story from the “I can’t be racist” playbook. Ugh at least don’t plagiarize someone else’s story word for word to justify ignorance!
Aaron
GlobeTrotter is a known troll on Queerty.
yup5hioop
as a white guy who’s um tried all the flavors I find it irritating how boring and homogenized most studios still are. Some are moving away tho – anyways just a privileged selfish take to add – I have a feeling that if white gays are the assumed imagined target demographic a lot more would prefer mixed studios.
smokinlion
Gay men have been thee worst people that I have been around for race relations. But listen, it’s black gay men too. Black gay men do everything in the world to maintain that the dominant society has their views of how everything is seen. White guy men are horrendous in their treatment of oppressing anyone who is not white.
No one has a fair share view of how anyone is experiencing anything because it’s the rich that dictate what and how we treat other gay men. And just like little ducks, gay men fall into line without questioning who is making these generalizations of how we experience others.
Everything about white supremacy, especially in the gay community, needs to be dismantled and something new needs to be created for all ppl!
Black Pegasus
Call me when he starts to name NAMES. Otherwise, it’s no better than a blind item. If you want to make a difference call those racist mofos out by name and let the peoples run them out of town with pitchforks.