In the past, some of American pornography's white actresses were allegedly warned to avoid African American males, both on-screen and in their personal lives.
īehind the Green Door (1972) was one of the first pornographic films to feature sex between a white actress ( Marilyn Chambers) and a black actor ( Johnnie Keyes). American stag films dated to the 1930s depict acts between black and white performers: Di Lauro and Rabin point to The Handy Man, The Hypnotist, and A Stiff Game, the last of which identifies its only male character as 'Sambo'. Interracial pornography features performers of differing racial and ethnic backgrounds and often employs ethnic and racial stereotypes in its depiction of performers. Interracial pornography in the United States
