It’s Time For ‘Men Of Color Blog’ To Shut Down

Men Of Color Blog’s Victor Hoff–who is white (not that there’s anything wrong with that)–reacts to this week’s Cybersocket Award nominations:

I didn’t see a lot of color on the “Best Porn Blog” list in so far as unique voices go. In fact, default black porn actor Diesel Washington and East Coast hero Tiger Tyson aside, almost the entire list is made up of people promoting the same vanilla vision of human sexuality.

Someone who defines himself as being against racism in porn probably doesn’t serve his cause very well by classifying one of the rare successful black porn actors working today as “default.” Is this someone who is serious about fighting racial stereotypes? Has Men Of Color Blog ever been a blog that was serious about combatting racism? It’s mostly been a blog about calling people names and picking fights, and that’s fine! Blogs are for fighting.

Blogs are also a great way to promote whatever crazy train has hitched itself to your wagon (whoa, mixed metaphor):

Three great bloggers not on the list immediately come to mind but they were nowhere to be found: Angel Cruz, Tre Xavier, Chase Coxxx.

Three “great” bloggers, whose only claim to “greatness” has been, coincidentally, hating Diesel Washington. (Google them if you care.) And that’s fine, too! Nobody has to like Diesel.

But here’s a tip for Hoff and whoever has been gullible enough to take him seriously: The packaging of personality conflicts, jealousy, and cries for attention under the guise of “That’s Racist!” isn’t just disingenuous, it undermines the cause you’re supposedly fighting for. In fact, marginalizing someone by attributing their success to being a “default black porn actor” is…racist. Or, at least, racially insensitive.

Oh, but there’s an apology! There’s context (there always is). Hoff’s apology came after, of course, Diesel weighed in in the comments on the original post.

An Apology

Occasionally, I overstep the bounds of good taste…

Oh boy…

…and after thinking about it last night (and then turning it over to someone better able to deal), I realized that I owe Diesel Washington an apology. Yesterday, in my post about the Cybersocket Awards I referred to him as the “default black actor” of the gay porn industry. I was making the point that with the systematic blockade of writers, bloggers and others in the reporting of and linking to other people of color, Diesel is one of the few black performers that mainstream audiences see (and are comfortble with) and because of that, he is – through no choice of his own – the “default” black actor. Diesel felt – and I agree – that it was disparaging, especially becomes (sic) he had no context to gauge where I was coming from. So, I am sorry. I could have made my point without using words that are understandably confrontational.

Or, he could simply stop writing his blog.

And if we – although certainly not Diesel and I – but if “we” want to continue to have a conversation about Race in this industry, it can’t be done -nor will it ever stand a chance of being successful – in a climate of name-calling, mistrust and defensive posturing.

A climate that Victor Hoff’s Men Of Color Blog has created.

12 thoughts on “It’s Time For ‘Men Of Color Blog’ To Shut Down”

  1. Diesel

    Be your own man and stop with the self-pity. And, for Gods sake, stop talking about “what you are going to do” and just do it. As they say, “handle your business” and everything else will follow. Why are you obsessing over these idiots? They spend their days scheming ways to take you down and you react to them. Man up and put them on permanent ignore.

  2. **Sigh

    I understand where the anger is coming from, it’s not easy being a Man of color in this business. When I get everything up and running, I will give these models jobs. I have to give back to my community, change will happen I will make sure of it.

  3. Current MOC Blog Cast of Characters:

    Victor Hoff – MOC Editor. President, founder and sole member of the Tre Xavier Fan Club. Supporter of video piracy.

    -Tre Xavier – “Retired” (failed) D List studio porn performer. President, founder and sole member of the Victor Hoff Fan Club. Acapella/karaoke singer extraordinare.

    -Chase Coxx – Buttaface, bareback, porn performer with the maturity of a six year old.

    -Angel Cruz – Who?

  4. ok fair enough.

    Up until this conversation i have never insulted Diesel in a public forum.

    He took no issue attacking me.

    But, I never. Not once. decided to blog or twitterrant about the dispute he and I had. At the time that he and I did have contact I had a laundry list of names for him but, two months after it was over Diesel was stilling writing about it.

    In fact, I’m over this.

    I didn’t ask to be apart of this shit.

    Seems like everytime my name is brought up next to Diesel people wanna play in the gutter. I kept myself out of the “i hate Diesel ” party.
    im going to continue on that path.

    i have better things to do like finding a cure for the drama virus in gay men.

  5. Angel, you should really learn to shut up before you expose yourself as a moron. Your post above, where you insult Diesel even though you’ve never insulted him (wha????) was too perfect. Related to Sarah Palin?

  6. Why aren’t there any women in gay porn? Oh wait, it wouldn’t be gay then would it? It would be segregated into straight. Unless a guy blew a guy then it would be segregated into Bi.

  7. *pauses*

    you are a godfucking liar Zach. in the worst way …. You show me one place where I said i hte dislike or in anyway insult Diesel …

    Don’t worry. I’ll wait.

    *wait *
    *waiting*
    *waiting still*
    *gonna keep waiting *
    *ok done waiting*

    i haven’t

    I should. I would be entitled in everyway to belittle, degrade and otherwise taunt Diesel washigton.

    Diesel has had much to say about me … from the consistent insult that im a “former Flavaman”

    Which seems to be a favored insult of Diesel.

    that flavaman remark

    hes mocked me on his blog in efforts to drag me into drama with him.

    and he takes some real pride in doing all of this .

    now i dont like Diesel in fact i nicknamed him Miss. Unleaded Leakycolon

    Now if u wanna talk to me about how i feel as far as the comments go….

    im open to debate …twitter, facebook pick a place.

    but you are definitly wrong …. really wrong.

    1. “You show me one place where I said i hte dislike or in anyway insult Diesel …”

      followed by

      “now i dont like Diesel in fact i nicknamed him Miss. Unleaded Leakycolon”

      is pretty fucking funny.

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