Pornography: A Sexist & Racist Industry

While many people refuse to admit to watch porn because its seen as dirty or naughty, we all watch it.  I admit as a guy I watch a good amount of porn.  However I never noticed how extremely racist and sexist the pornography industry was until I read "The White Man's Burden: Gonzo Pornography and the Construction of Black Masculinity" in my class textbook.   This article makes it seem like pornography is designed for a white male audience.  The industry is designed so that white males can live out their fantasies and experience new types of sexual activity that they might not be normally able to live out.  The phrase "its a white mans world" appears to be true within pornography.   While there are many black and white porn stars who are very famous and make loads of money having sex on film, how these porn stars are represented are very different.  Black male stars are almost always portrayed as "hung thugs from the hood" in street attire and having wild animalistic sex.  It is very rare you see black male porn stars that do not fit into this stereotype.   This is extremely offensive being a black male, not that I personally have a issue with being portrayed as "hung" but not all black men are thugs.  I thought that society had finally come to understand and appreciate that black people are no longer the intimidating wild creatures we were once thought to be.  I find it even worst that I never noticed this until reading about this topic for class. This view of African American men is very outdated and stems from a white males perspective.  Not to mention that Asian or Hispanic men rarely get a career in porn unless they are doing gay porn.  Why is it that only white males are portrayed as normal while African American men are thugs, and Asian and Hispanic men are not even visible?  

Black males are not the only ones discriminated against in the porn industry.  Women are rarely shown having any power unless it's dominatrix or something of that nature.  A women's power is usually judged by how many penises she can cram into her multiple holes or how rough she can handle a man pounding her.  Female's are objectified by men in most porn that is made these days.  They are portrayed as sex rag dolls. It has become common in a porn films for women to be called degrading words like "slut", "whore" and many many worse names.   In no way does calling a women a whore and pounding her holes empowering to women.  But I understand why these women do it, the money is good and the industry is booming, but can their not be some guidelines to what is said and done in these films?