Gay adult video performer Beaux Banks has criticized the studio Naked Sword for not hiring any black performers for its upcoming feature-length horror parody Scared Stiff 2: The Amityville Whore.
Related: Gay adult studio Noir Male responds to allegations of “not catering” to the black community
Of the parody’s 10 performers, most are white and none are African American, though the film does include two men of color. According to the gay adult industry news site Str8UpGayP*rn (link NSFW), “Brock Banks is Puerto Rican and Adam Ramzi is of Middle Eastern descent.”
Though Brock Banks and Ramzi are men of color, they can appear white skinned to unknowing viewers, reinforcing the idea that the Scared Stiff 2 cast is entirely white.
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In a series of tweets, Beaux Banks wrote:
I’m sorry but I still don’t get how a major production company can get away with casting a major project, casting 10 models, and not one of them being African American, and y’all be silent. If only it were awards season, and then everyone would be speaking up.
In a world where DeAngelo Jacksos and Max Connors among other amazing African American Adult Entertainers exist, there’s no excuse. Cite the 10 person ensemble cast filled of Caucasian actors but one. Love you all, but it’s time to be accountable.
We’re good enough for your NOIR site, but not good enough for your feature film…
Beaux Banks’ comment about “awards season” is a reference to a controversy when the GayVN Awards, one of the most widely known awards ceremonies in the adult film industry, announced that its 2017 nominees included a “Best Ethnic Scene” category.
None of the black, Asian or Hispanic performers grouped together in the category received a nomination for Best Actor or Best Supporting Actor, and performers criticized the awards organizers for needlessly segregating performers of color into a separate category.
His reference to the “NOIR site” is an allusion to Noir Male, a gay adult video site that isn’t owned by NakedSword but which hired Scared Stiff 2 director Chi Chi LaRue as its lead director. Noir Male’s tagline boasts that it “Showcases Black Men As They Deserve To Be Seen,” but it was criticized by black performer Jacen Zhu for not catering to the black community. In April 2019, approximately 55 percent of its roster of men was made up of black performers.
LaRue and NakedSword have not yet publicly spoken about Beaux Banks’ public comments.
Chrisk
Okay so that means that 20% are men of color in it. What is this affirmative action for porn now?
RubenCook1608
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Aaron
White exclusivity in American gay porn is on its way out. It’s outdated to be a young gay White man in the city that is only into other White men. Chi Chi LaRue is old and caters to old tastes. Not a lot of young people my age know who LaRue is. This young demographic also doesn’t pay for their porn.
Most, if not all, top-tier gay porn companies DO NOT have sophisticated marketing departments. Their decisions are largely based off of the intuition and personal experience of one or two old White men who have been in the porn business for ages. Their time will soon come to an end because the people they cater to are old and still pay for porn.
Chrisk
@Aaron
Yeah, lets just sow seeds of hate and division. Us against them works so well after all. So forward thinking you are. Wow.
Welcome to Queerty btw 🙂
jcoberkrom
And no Latinos and no Asiains?
sfhairy
No. One. Cares. It’s porn.
Gay Veteran
Spoken like someone who doesn’t have to worry about being included.
Aaron
There are a lot of people who care and a lot of them are, in fact, young and White. Times are changing. We want more non-White dick.
truthseeker
@Aaron
You just said above that young people like yourself don’t pay for porn. But then you cry because these porn companies don’t make premium porn videos you like.
Why would they make something you like if you won’t pay for the product regardless?
Also, nearly all of the major porn companies are actually owned by 1 company called MindGeek.
rustyiam
It’s refreshing to see a private company not bowing to the mob and the racist philosophy of affirmative action! It’s not against the law to market a product to a specific demographic, at least not yet!
Kangol2
Jawohl, Frau Goebbels!
Cam
Your new screename is as boring as your old one. We get it, you will always take the side of the anti-LGBTQ bigot, and will always attack the idea that Black people should be included in anything.
Aaron
rustyiam, what you are experiencing is the last stages of White exclusivity and dominance in American entertainment. Us young White gays are waaaaay more into having sex and dating non-White people than previous generations. It’s only a matter of time 🙂
PLAYS WELL WITH OTHERS
People watch porn because they are into a specific type of guy. If they ain’t sexuality attracted they ain’t gonna watch. There are plenty of places to see any type of guy you are interested in on the thousands of sites on the internets …..
This PC bullthit is so freaking out of control. People feel entitled to force their views upon others. The fact that this garbage is creeping into porn shows how out of control it has become…
SumSay
Racism and inclusion has been a decades long issue in all forms of performative entertainment. This isn’t some new phenomenon that suddenly came out of thin air. The porn we watch now is a reflection of a racist society that favors the majority.
Cam
Except for the fact that your comment directly contradicts itself. IF people have a particular type…say a black person or an Asian person….then that porn company just lost audience share from both of those audience segments.
There are tons of white guys in the movie, so they could have put in a few different races and the people attracted to white guys would still have eye candy, and the people attracted to other types would too. Instead they decided to limit the audience. It isn’t PC it’s good marketing strategy.
truthseeker
@Cam
With that logic, then you’ll have to put everything in the video because you may “limit the audience”. So with that in mind, what if someone wants to see midgets screwing? Should the company hire a midget as well for the video? What if someone wants to see an amputee having sex? Stop, can’t make the video until we add one. Don’t want to limit the audience.
Based on your logic of fear of “limiting the audience”, all porn movies must include whites, blacks, asians, indians, native americans, middle easterners, latinos, irish, british, german, blondes, brunettes, red heads, bald, black hair, seniors, middle aged, 20 somethings, twinks, twunks, muscle, bears, otters, obese, amputees, disabled, transgender, cisgender, men, women, bareback, condoms, etc.
That will be the most expensive porn movie ever made and will be a circus
PLAYS WELL WITH OTHERS
Cam: speaking for me, there are just some types of guys simply not attracted to in any way, shape or form. To see them is more of a distraction and not a turn on. By having quotas and “inclusion” you are basically ruining the exp for viewers. And again it’s not like there are not hundreds if not thousands of videos including every type of guy anyone can be attracted to. I am just so very tired of PC police dictating what other people MUST watch….
BTW: I think you and I are like the posters on this site with the most tenure. :-p
Aaron
Including other races is not akin to including “everyone else”. This is a slippery slope fallacy argument. We are talking about race here. This article is about race. The same argument was used against gay marriage. If you let the gays marriage then we have to allow polygamy.
So if you want to change the conversation to include other things besides race, you are dodging the subject.
Bob LaBlah
I have seen many of his vids and liked his performance of the interracial twink from the suburbs look he gives but if this article quoted him word for word it sounds like dude is from my “hood”, the country. I do mean he sounds VERY local. “Ya’ll”? People raised in the big cities on the west and east coast tend to frown on that type of accent, or so I thought. And not only that I now remember three vids he did in particular that had me wondering why did he agree to be literally humiliated like that under the guise of sex. An oink oink video with a mask and tail and not once in it did he look uncomfortable. And some how you’re shocked at their casting choices?
Kangol2
Gurl, I was asking about you a few weeks ago. Where have you been? Even though we disagree I’m glad to see you back on Queerty. I actually missed your NYC-Oklahoma (I think) perspective.
Bob LaBlah
Thanks honey. That was sweet of you. (hugs).
Gay Veteran
I agree with what Beaux Banks is saying but with all due respect it’s hard to not side-eye him, considering he lends his talents to C*ckyboys, a site not known for it’s diversity. It doesn’t seem he demands to work with many black models… He allows himself to be made a token. Also. I love both models he mentioned but I wish he would have chosen others because those two models are often used as tokens for these white studios. Honestly, the days of me supporting a major studio are done because the porn industry is too problematic. The only “major” studios I’m willing to support are TimTales, Raw Strokes,and Breed it Raw… mostly I’ll stick to supporting individual models on JustforFans.
CenterRight
All the porn stuff you watch sounds most ominous and dehumanizing. How does this trashy stuff even get produced and why do we allow it to pollute our mind and spirit?
Kangol2
The US gay porn industry has long had a problem around racism, colorism and exclusion, so while Beaux Banks’ point is valid it should not surprise him or anyone else that this is occurring. A good deal of gay porn today is far less diverse than it was back in the early 1970s, when the modern industry really took off. In fact, I would expect it to get worse as people who run many of these companies double down on their racism and exclusion. The sad thing is that even as they cast their lot with the racist nationalists they miss the larger point that the Christianists and evangelicals are coming for them too. Just look at the recent statements among right-wing evangelicals about not having to worry about a “rainbow White House,” the push to get judges who’ll allow anti-gay discrimination, the attempts to limit gay and trans people’s rights, etc. They are not gay people’s friends, strange bedfellows to conservative gays though they may be.
Bob LaBlah
Regardless of race the smart guys in porn today make their own videos and put them on Onlyfans.com. No studio bull to deal with and they keep all the profits to themselves (Gabriel Cross, Austin Wolf, Phatrabbitkiller Leon Redd etc..). It wouldn’t surprise me if ol’ Heywood is on there somewhere. No siree, nothing surprises me. This kid (Beaux) is just what I always felt he was, a little sneak and a premadonna who can’t accept the word no because he is used to his looks and the fantasy creating tight colored briefs covering his rear end getting him everything he wants. This is the type that I bet won’t even buy toilet paper or toothpaste to use because the person taking care of him does it all for him. A while back Jacen Zhu was whining about some political correctness stunt with ChiChi Larue that didn’t gain much momentum because people looked at that the same way they see this. You were asked to pull your panties down and perform when needed and presently there is no need or desire to cast YOU in this video. We will call you when we, the company, needs you and if you are not available there are hundreds more willing to take your place. Thank you for the services you were paid to provide and hopefully you will be available in the future. Our industry does not discriminate based on drug use, HIV status, race, sexual acts no matter how humiliating (as you’ve proven) etc….
There, is that NYC/Ok (via Joplin, Missouri) enough? lol lol
Kangol2
I knew you would bring it! I agree about Beaux Banks too. He really does seem to be kind of a sad character. Only Fans and Just for Fans do seem to be the route for many performers, like personal video sites (Antonio Biaggi, Cutler X, Champ Robinson), especially performers of color who otherwise could not get enough work but now have large to huge fan bases on line. I mean, Rhyheim started out never showing his (beautiful) face in Leon Redd’s videos, then became a sensation, and now people are fighting to work with him. Still, the exclusionary casting of most of the remaining studios is appalling, but I keep in mind whom they’re appealing to, and as these last few years have shown, that racism isn’t going to disappear anytime soon.
IanHunter
Please keep political correctness out of porn. Just keep it based on sex.
Aaron
The only people who complain about political correctness are old socially-conservative White men who are used to the old days of everything being about White men. Times are a changin’, pops.
truthseeker
@Aaron
You seem to be doing a lot of complaining
Aaron
We’ll if we’re both complaining, my side is clearly winning. We have youth on our side. Have fun complaining about the minorities making America less White.
ladron
Given the democratic and equalitarian nature of technology today, if you want porn with a number of X people in it MAKE IT YOURSELF. If you don’t like porn that doesn’t feature a number of X people DON’T SEE OTHER PEOPLE’S PORN.
Porn is not Hollywood or television films. Porn doesn’t require a studio, a production company, scriptwriters, stylists, professional equipment, or high end sex workers,. Your smart phone, some horny dudes, and some attention to camera and lighting.
Aaron
Well our race relations in this country are systemic. The entire porn industry is run by older White men who continue to cater to other older White men despite our country’s rapidly changing demographic. This race issue is about and has always been about power and influence so your “It’s not White people’s fault” argument is misplaced. White exclusivity in American entertainment is on its way out.
Itsonlythetruth
In the above cast picture the guy holding the pitchfork in no way can be mistaken for white.
ShowMeGuy
Remember there is that “not Black enough” factor when judging people’s level of inclusion as members of the Black Community.
ShowMeGuy
If there are no Black people in a horror flick that means we will have no idea who dies first. I love to be suprised. This will be awesome.
theafricanwiththemouth
So this was both funny and kinda offensive at the same time. Kudos.
lcandela123
agree; this is boring. This is also weird political correctness.
I know LOTS of all black porn sites, but sob sister Beaux Banks never comments on them, does he? In fact, hyper liberal gay social justice warriors never do either. Is that liberal privilege?
Kangol2
Yawn, please go back to Breitbareback or FoxNudes or wherever with your ahistorical, right-wing claptrap!
Aires the Ram
Now now Icandela123, you speak the truth! Shame on you! LOL
Aaron
I love it when people pretend to be bored and aloof but something they apparently don’t care about. Oh, you definitely care lol
ninenine
Aaron said “Us young White gays are waaaaay more into having sex and dating non-White people than previous generations.”
Wow, so you’re fetishizing or invalidating people based on their race and you’re so proud of it? Not a good look my man. Seriously, the self-hate is pretty lame. There is so much more to people than their identity markers. You really need to free your mind.
Aaron
Because I’m open to dating non-White people I hate myself? LOL
Aaron
This is true. A majority of young White gay men (Generation Z) are open to dating outside their race. If this makes you upset, I can’t help you. LOL
Joe Dalmas
For the love of God next thing you know women are going to protest their lack of presence in gay porn. There are plenty of Black, Latino and other ethnic group porn sites. Go there.