Am I an oddball, or are there others who feel this way?
I don’t think you are an oddball. I don’t have a singular ‘type’ either, but there are certain genres that appeal to me more than others.
That’s all I meant to say.
Frankly, I don't believe many of these scene-studios are large enough to offer a WalMart sized selection of genres, so they specialize. (Larger studios do branch out more, but they have the capital to back it up.)
More and more studios are offering scene downloads and streaming video, so people don’t have to sign up for lengthy commitments. This allows more variety for the paying customer, which is good, but it also makes it a buyers market, which is bad for the studios. They want you to buy a membership. That's how they make the most $$$.
So it's a catch 22, of sorts.
But as for the OP: I don't think black men are being ignored. There have been interracial scenes ever since gay porn started. You just have to know the right studio. I'm sure there are many out there.
Sean Cody (to continue my earlier example) has had a few African-American models, but I don’t think many, if any, have been invited back. Does this mean his consumers are racists? Maybe some are, but I’d be more willing to bet that most
Sean Cody viewers want to see the ‘type’ of guy he promotes; the waxed, buff Mid-Western college jock. Maybe they are fantasising over the college joke they could never have, or maybe they are lusting after the college boy next door. Either way, that fantasy isn’t a black man. If he were, than clearly
Sean Cody is (mostly) the wrong site for them and they’d be elsewhere.
I don’t view this as racism so much as knowing ones customers and providing what they want. (Porn is a flesh market, not a PC parade.) Otherwise, you won’t have customers anymore. Especially in an industry as cut-throat and easily re-marketed as porn. If you find something that works, you work it. At least, so I assume.