The article begins by discussing how porn featuring a black male and white female is extremely popular currently. He argues, "if pornography is pleasurable because it sexualizes inequality between mean and women" there is no better way to do so then with a black man and white female.
Furthermore, pornography has become much more extreme and the furthest degree of this is gonzo porn. This makes it is impossible to deny the relationship between porn, masculinity, and the degradation of women. In addition, the author argues "hegemonic masculinity is unproblematically coded as white". That white masculinity is like the role of a 'nuclear' father, where black men don't meet these standards. So, what is so attractive about interracial porn?
In fact, this promotion of IP, namely black males in porn, emasculates the white male. Strangely enough, the black penis becomes the star of the show. This IP is also the preference of gay whites, and both gay and straight prefer a working class black man. The author argues this preference is deeply rooted in hegemonic ideologies of race in America.
So, why is it white men allow themselves to be demasculinized through IP? The author argues it is similar to minstrel shows, where performances were cruder and exaggerated. The author concludes the IP serves as a peephole for whites to experience black sex life.
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