It often includes specific mention of dominance, aggressiveness, and submission of the White partner," according to sexuality studies scholar Logan D.
[2] The term is considered by some to carry racist connotations, to embody the fetishization of black men, and to perpetuate harmful stereotypes about the physical features and sexual appetites and inclinations of black men.
[1][8] Writer and activist Rhammel Afflick said he had found that "my worth is often only perceived sexually.
[9] Lerone Clarke-Oliver opined in The Gay Times that "seeing Black men in porn labelled as 'Thugs' or, 'BBC' (to name but two harmful categorisations) or 'Black [insert search term] has off-line and real-world psychological consequences".
[10] As of 2022[update], the term, "BBC", was the 20th most searched category of pornography on Pornhub.