The sadistic breaking of will, through sexual violence and forced addiction, is the end goal of these predators-if not the death of their victims. Violence, rape, and simulacra of multiple Black, drug-addicted slaves are also the norm. Instances of “race play,” or sex where racist power dynamics are explored, are usually described shortly after.
Many stories about these predatory interactions begin with survivors stating that they were first introduced to these addictive substances by white men. All one needs to do is ask their friends how many times an older white guy has offered them meth as opposed to asked them on a date, to see how commonly these drugs are being pushed on minorities. Originally used by a white majority, the face of this drug has shifted to Black and Brown gay men in recent years. Chemsex, or sex with the aid of drugs (often meth/GHB), has become commonplace within the gay community. The goal in drugging anybody is to take advantage of them, but racial violence appears to be the ultimate motive in these violent, sometimes deadly, encounters. The use of drugs to control often young and low-income Black men is the common thread in these and similar stories. Shortly after stories of the more than 10 victims who had been terrorized by Buck in his LA home began to break, BuzzFeed published an article detailing similar stories of abuse of Black and Latinx men at the hands of wealthy white men. Outside of run-of-the-mill fetishization, white men often use their social and financial status to facilitate racist fantasies and experiment on Black bodies.Įd Buck’s reported predation of Black men, while extreme, is not uncommon. is white, and everything associated with gay culture caters to that demographic. This isn’t to say that there are no safe spaces for Black gay men to explore their sexuality (we have Atlanta, I guess), but rather that the gay majority in the U.S. In order to participate in social, sexual activity, Black gay men often have to subject themselves to some level of degradation. As this is supported by smartphone apps and socially encouraged, many Black gay men find themselves subjected to one-word messages of “BBC” (Big Black Cock) or completely rejected from entire dating pools simply for their race. Sexual fetishization of Black gay men has intensified in recent years through an ever-expanding hookup culture. The “bad” archetype has been beaten to death in interracial pornography, specifically in gang bangs by one race over another. Black male bodies were either “good,” meaning sexless and subservient, or “bad,” negatively sexualized, and equated to rape of white bodies. The reduction of Black men, specifically, to vectors of sexual gratification for other races stems from slavery propaganda. Often assumed to be aggressive, insatiable, and dominant, Black people encounter varying degrees of fetishization when dating interracially. Hypermasculinity tropes have plagued both Black men and women’s navigation of romance and sex.