Justin Long Quits Interracial Porn

Voices Protest Against Racist Policies

The following is an editorial piece written by adult performer Justin Long. It first ran on my friend Cindi’s site LukeIsBack.com. It has already stirred up a lot of emotions and spurred some good discussion. With Cindi and Justin’s permission I am reprinting it. I would encourage everyone to read it, think about it and comment. Since I don’t have a comment feature here, you will need to drop me an email at rog@rogreviews.com. Though I am not big on moderating or censoring, but I will if I need to. Keep your comments respectful no matter what side of the issue you come in on. This should encourage thought and discussion, not name calling and negativity. I’ve got a number of follow up questions for Justin, but for now just enjoy this thought-provoking and courageous editorial.

Editorial by Justin Long

Haya,

For a long time, I have been concerned, stressed, and pissed off to say the least about the state of racial relations in the adult industry.

I too have been guilty to some point as of late, by conversing with female stars that don’t do Interracial scenes. In hind site, this was bad, and full hearty. I am far from a racist having been born to a black father, and a white mother. My father was never around ,and in fact I have only met him four times in my life, and haven’t spoken with, or seen him in over 20 years. I was raised by my White mother and my half sister who is also mixed black, and white.

Growing up in Oregon partially I have experienced my share of racism. However, until entering the adult industry, I had never experienced it on such a massive level, and had to endure it on a day to day basis. Growing up with my mother’s side of the family only, I have always been around white people. However, I have had black influences, as my aunt and mother only dated black men, and visiting, and eventually living with my aunt who was the first white woman to ever live in the notorious projects of Seaside, CA.
Enough about my life LOL.

So, today I have canceled what work I had in LA and informed my agents that effective immediately, I will no longer be doing any sort of IR porn. This decision, was not easy.. I am NOT a racist as I have stated, and obviously could not be with a white mother and family. I will suffer from this decision no doubt, but I feel the mental anguish will be less of a burden then the financial. I feel horrible thinking, that this is the only way for people to know exactly how I feel, and more over the only way for me to yell out if you will “what the fuck, this is bullshit”.

Some will say “well you are being racist yourself “. I would have to agree. It is wrong for anyone to say they won’t work with someone because of skin color or nationality. However, what is a black star to do if he/she is fed up with the racial profiling he/she has to endure everyday in this industry? This is not just about getting between contract stars legs. This is about the fact, that every solid thing that a black star is not allowed to earn in the adult industry can be led back to three simple things; Agents telling girls “no interracial”, or convincing them not to do IR, Big companies refusing to shoot a fair percentage of content involving black talent, and girl being given the choice of whether they want to choose co-talent solely on the basis of skin color, or nationality.
This whole situation saddens me to no end. I am pissed off that I served in the military, to protect the freedoms of the same people that would discriminate. I am pissed off that I served in the military, and this is what my country does for me i.e.; nothing – continues to allow discrimination in my work place. So, the normal way this goes down is a girls statement ” I don’t do IR, I’m sorry, it’s nothing personal”. How in the fuck could it NOT be personal, when a girl tells you that she will NOT work with you because of the color of your skin?

Even worse, it’s not the color of your skin obviously because these same girls work with darker skinned European, and Latin male stars that are not labeled black. The same contract, and non-contract stars that say they don’t do IR, are still working with non-white performers. To make it worse a percentage of them are trying, or are getting fucked off screen by black males, either talent or civilian. So, is IR just a term because it sure in the hell doesn’t mean anyone not of that girl’s nationality.

For example if an Asian girl doesn’t do IR, it should mean she only works with Asian male stars right? Well that’s not the case. It means, she will work with anyone that is not Labeled Black by the adult industry. Some girls say, they don’t like the movies they’re put in when they do IR, so they don’t do it. Guess what? We black people, don’t like the movies that stereo type us, and makes us look like we just degrade white girls either. Do you realize, that black male stars staple often times is shooting BBW movies? Nothing wrong with BBW.

I adore a lot of them, and they rarely have the attitude which is so common among female star. However, when was the last time you saw a top white, or non-black male star have to staple his income with BBW shoots? I’m a skinny brotha. Again nothing wrong with BBW women. I mean that.. I have gone out with some in my personal life. Body, and looks aren’t everything. I’m just trying to show the very uneven contrast in the industry. Is being Black a target? Is it the kiss of death in the industry? A couple of male performers I know are black, but are very light skinned.

They, seem to work with these girls on a regular basis, as they have not been LABELED black . Non-IR girls have no issues shooting with them. So, you would think maybe it’s just the color of the skin, but then you get to darker European, Asian, and Latino male talent, and all of a sudden brown skin has no bearing. So, does “it’s not personal” continue to fly as a real statement? Absolutely not.
Girls, and agents like to say that saving IR, extends the life of a girl’s career. I have very serious doubts about that, and will use a star I have worked with many times as an example. This girl has shot IR from day one in the industry, as far as I am aware. Very early in her career, I had shot with her more then any male in the industry (white , black, or other). Now she is arguably the biggest contract star in the world. So tell me, exactly how did IR extend or hurt her career? The fact is, is that non-IR girls use black male talent as stepping stones.

That, is morally bankrupt in thought and action. Girls are permitted to do IR, and then not do IR, and then allowed to start to do it again when there work slows.
The sad part is, black male talent are willing to shoot with these girls, and basically tell them it’s ok to exhibit this moral lacking behavior, and it’s alright to disrupt our income. Black males are telling these girls, that we are OK with the scraps that they are throwing are way. The fact is, is every girl that refuses to do IR is saying (regardless if they speak the words) “I’m doing what’s best for me and I don’t care what happens to you” (Mr. Black male talent). Every girl that refuses to do IR, or dips in, and out of doing IR, affects every black male stars annual income.

If contract stars did IR, your damn right I, and others would have more scenes because we have directors that would kill for those scenes. It is the same with all non-IR shooting females. Black males have no problem if the girls are selective in their choice of who they shoot with, and who they won’t shoot with. That’s fine, but to just say “sorry your black “, hello wake the fuck up”, its offensive!. Then to follow it up with “it’s nothing personal” that just makes us even angrier. There is no way to take it but personal. The girl will take 10 cocks in a day, ass, pussy, and mouth, and multiple cocks at a time, as long as none of them are black?

Come on, we are black, not stupid!.

So people ask, “Why do you even care?” here are just a few answers; For awards, they look at the top girls movies. So, if blacks can’t work with the top girls, then how do WE even get looked , or even come close to getting awards? I would sure like to fly to Jamaica, or Hawaii to shoot a feature. No Go. These are just a couple of trickle down effects, and it doesn’t even scratch the surface. Does any one think it weird, that at AVN there are 15 males nominated for best male performer, and every year their are never more than three black males in that category. 95% of the time the award is won by a white, or I’ll say non-black performer, that is hooked-up with the Vivid’s, and Wicked’s, and VCA’s of the industry.

However, even more funny is if you look at the nominees for “Most Unsung Male Performer” @ AVN, and there are usually around 8 or 9 guys nominated, and the list is predominately black male performers. How about equality. It’s just and Idea. How many non-black males are under contract right now? How many black males are under contract right now? How many white females are under contract right now? Now how many black females are under con tract right now? Starting to get the picture.

Black people are starving, and getting real jobs, and leaving the industry because they can’t pay their bills. Their counter parts however, are like nothing major has happened, because half are under contract with guaranteed money, and the other half are working. The economy put mostly smaller companies out of biz, not the big ones.
So, who do you think shot the majority of IR? Smaller companies. Follow stars on twitter. Sure some post are lies, but you will see people post “I’m working”, or “I’m on set”. Start keeping track, and tell me what you see over a week, and then let’s chat.

This is trickle down economics people. Top white girls refuse to work with black males. Top companies refuse to shoot black males. Top companies, and girls often could give a flying fuck about black females. How is it that black females on average make less, and work less then white females? How is it, that often even if a Wicked, or VCA, or Digital Playground shoots a feature, and has a black talent in it, its like One black talent out of a cast of like 7 or more? Are they really saying that, this is what the world looks like walking out your front door? Or, is this their own private little white world?

Last time I checked, black pirates were common in the 1700’s. Also, last time I checked blacks were a strong contingent in the military. So how are war movies going to have One black guy out of an entire military unit? For far too long, the industry has (in large part) just used black people as tokens. Unfortunately for the blacks, and fortunate for the world, black people in this business are to damn stupid to stand together, and say enough is enough. To many people looking out for themselves, and worrying about what the company owners will say. Here’s a clue, big company owners don’t give a fuck about black talent. Behind closed doors to many we are “NIGGERS”.. That is fact, and that’s the way of the world.

They like are music, and love are food, and our women but despise us. They will never look at us as equals, and this is the same conclusion drawn from some blacks in the industry when told “I’m sorry, I don’t do IR, nothing personal though”. Funny, a friend ( A white female star) just text me back after I canceled our content shoot. I told her, I was no longer doing IR. Her response was, “did I do something wrong?”. Guess it goes to show, we all have an issue being told our money is going get fucked up because of the color of your skin, huh?

I’m tired, I don’t want to yell. I don’t want to have a target on my back, and I don’t want to loose work, or have to cause waves. I also don’t want to feel like some fucking leaper at work. I would rather be judged as an individual. When it comes to talent selection, does color have to come in sometimes? Yes of course. You cant have a black man play George Washington, anymore then you could have a white woman play Whoopi Goldberg. Do you have any idea, what it feels like to go to work and have 60 percent of your co-workers say “sorry, won’t work with you, your black!”?

Trust me, it’s a shitty feeling. Then, to have your advancement opportunities capped because you can’t work with some of that 60 percent. Shit, now you’ll just get mad. My actions, and reactions are in direct correlation with the actions, and inflammatory speech, and actions that are being taken, and in-acted against people of my color daily.
The racism, and discrimination needs to stop. Equality has been earned.
Justin Long
Adult Film Star

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