Official Update to policies regarding certain racial symbols and language

[VaMStaff]

Hi Everyone!

After much discussion, the moderation team has decided to prohibit certain racially charged symbols and language from being posted on the Hub.

Specifically, we are removing references to the "Blacked" and "Bleached" fetishes and their associated symbols.

This includes the "Queen of Spades" symbol as well as the "Queen of Hearts" symbol, and any associated logos or derivatives.

Examples of these types of content include tattoos that say things like "Black Owned", tattoos of the "Black Spade" symbol, etc.

Spoiler: Potentially offensive images

Certain types of Raceplay content, "BBC" content, interracial scenes, cuckold scenes involving race, etc, are still allowed.
We are not banning the concept of racial preference or interracial fantasies.

We are specifically prohibiting symbols and language that have been found to have a history or origin in racist terms or ideology.
Many in the adult community, our staff included, find the "Blacked" and "Bleached" fetishes to potentially carry an implied association with white supremacist ideology, and the "spade" symbol specifically has its roots in the racist past of the United States, where it was synonymous with other racial slurs for black men.

We have already removed most of the content of this type from the Hub. If your resource uses one of these assets as a dependency, or has these types of assets in your screenshots, we ask that you kindly remove those screenshots or dependencies from your content.
No official warnings or reports will be filed for content that already existed on the Hub prior to this policy update.

 

[VaMStaff]

As a clarification to this update:

We are not banning scenes that imply racial preference. We understand the "Blacked" and "Bleached" topics revolve around people (mostly women) preferring sexual play with people of a specific race. We have no problem with that.

Specifically, we are prohibiting the use of offensive symbols and language that amount to racial slurs. This is not new, it was already a part of our TOS. We are just clarifying that yes, tattoos like "white property" and use of the "spade" symbol in a racial context are indeed violations of our terms of service, which state:

Content that reinforces racial stereotypes or tropes is prohibited, as is any content that could be seen as discriminating against any religious group, gender, sexual-orientation, etc.