Porn aesthetics may have improved since the ‘70s, but the hurdles performers of color have had to endure onscreen and off haven’t actually diminished much at all.
, one of the first mainstream American pornographic films to feature a Black performer, he was credited merely as “African Stud.” It was 1972 and his co-performer Marilyn Chambers was a white woman, an influential casting decision that earned the film the genre label of “interracial.” Keyes often spoke about the death threats he received in response to the film.
By the early ’90s, porn had made its way onto bulletin board systems, the internet’s precursor to forums. Sites like Rusty & Edie’s BBS boasted “the largest collection of Adult GIFs and Programs—OVER 16 GIGS!!!” As the internet became more accessible, adult industry professionals started building their own spaces; performers likeacted as both the stars and CEOs of their own web pages, while studios developed membership sites for loyal customers.
In 2006, aggregator or “tube” sites transformed a once-contained piracy network of pornographic videos into one of industry’s primary markets. The popularity of those user-uploaded, often copyright-infringing libraries grew, and the categorization models came with them. These YouTube clones evolved over the following years, moving away from illegal uploads and instead becoming legitimate platforms for independent models and studios to publish and promote their own work.
Users, having caught on to this system, mimic the classification system in their search queries. According to Pornhub’s most recent insight, eight out of the top 25 most popular search terms were nonwhite racial/ethnicity descriptors. Not one of those top-ranking terms referred to whiteness or caucasian ethnicity. In fact, the terms “caucasian” or “white” have never once appeared on Pornhub’s top search lists throughout the years.
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