The H-Gene<\/i><\/a>, is an explicit MM erotic romance in which one of the heroes is black and the other white. The race of the characters is an integral part of their back story. I\u2019m not using it specifically for titillation, though Rafe\u2019s a big guy, in every way, and his dark skin and imposing stature do contribute to Dylan\u2019s attraction.<\/p>\nAfter my friend Tina\u2019s problems, I\u2019m starting to get worried. I\u2019m a white, Jewish woman writing about a black man from the ghetto. Am I racist? Will I get excoriated for \u201cappropriating\u201d the black male experience? Am I revealing my prejudice in deciding that my black character grew up in the slums while my white character is the son of a Boston lawyer?<\/p>\n
Is it racist to write smut that uses the Big Black Cock kink? On the one hand, this is<\/i> perpetuating stereotypes. Obviously not every black guy has a big cock, any more than every black guy has an innate sense of rhythm. I certainly wouldn\u2019t like to read erotica that portrayed all Jewish guys as neurotic navel-gazers or all Jewish women as controlling guilt-trippers. (Of course, that\u2019s the opposite of sexy, so maybe this isn\u2019t a good comparison.) The trouble is, these tropes have been around for so long that we (i.e. the reading public \u2013 maybe including the black reading public) have been conditioned to find certain stereotypes arousing.<\/p>\n
Should we try to decondition ourselves? Do we need to explicitly recognize and reject these racial stereotypes?<\/p>\n
If these tropes become socially unacceptable, won\u2019t that just make them more taboo?<\/p>\n
I\u2019m really quite perplexed about this. I recognize that black people have been systematically oppressed for centuries, and that racism is so firmly entrenched in many of our institutions that we don\u2019t even see it. I know we need to open our eyes, to take responsibility and to change.<\/p>\n
But does that mean abandoning the Big Black Bull?<\/p>\n
In the current social climate, do we dare to write any black characters at all?<\/p>\n
What do you think?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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