In this episode of The Black Japan Podcast we talk about the sad story of the struggle one Half-Black Japanese student had to go through because of his hairstyle.

0:00 - 2:50 High schooler in Japan excluded from graduation ceremony for cornrows 2:51 - 6:35 Why are Black hairstyles controversial in Japan? 6:36 - 12:00 Japan doesn't understand Black hairstyles 12:02 -16:59 Japanese school rules are dumb 17:00 - 19:30 Japanese graduations 19:31 - 23:00 Hair-keeping in Japan as a Black man 23:01 - 25:00 Hair-keeping in Japan as a Black woman 25:01 - 26:30 Wearing natural hair as Black entertainer in Japan 26:31 - 32:07 Assimilating your Blackness in Asia