What’s it like being Half Black in Japan?

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The first lady is gorgeous. I think she is still affected by her childhood experiences. You could feel that as she spoke there was a lump forming in her throat. It's really sad. You learn to over come it but these kind of experiences never leave you unfortunately.

The first girls experience must have been so traumatic. I am glad that she changed her environment and learned to accept herself more.

I am glad that Kristy did not let the way she was treated make her resent her black side. It's awesome that she wanted to communicate with her black grandmother so she learned English. God Bless you Kristy.

I felt so bad for the First lady, you can tell her childhood trauma still affects her deeply. Kids can be so cruel smh

When Christy was talking, I felt so bad because you can hear the pain in her voice. It's hard to really let go of that childhood trauma. Even if it doesn't affect you on a day-to-day basis, if brought up, it feels like the bullying just happened yesterday. She's absolutely gorgeous, she shouldn't stress a thing.

I'm half Japanese and half Black, but I grew up in a Black neighborhood in Colorado Springs, CO. I felt totally accepted and it was a warm, friendly place. I was exposed to Japanese culture through my mother and her Japanese friends. I am proud of belonging to both cultures.

I am half black and Thai. I can relate to every single person in this video and know exactly what they went through growing up. Often as a mix race person you always go through some identity crisis because you don’t always feel like you belong to either race. No one can truly know your situation or what you’ve been through unless you come from this background. But I’ve come to realize that I’m both and not one person can tell me otherwise. Growing up with 2 different cultures and backgrounds is amazing. As well as knowing 2 languages from that. I personally can speak 4 languages.

I appreciate this channel. I'm having a half black and half japanese grandchild and I want to learn as much as I can about what they have experienced growing up so I can be there to support my grandchild. I'm going to take classes to learn more about the Japanese culture and language so I won't miss out on anything. I'm really excited about this new coming welcome addition.

“my identity is here, but my face and my blood is over there”… girl I felt it!!!!!!

I’m also half black and Japanese and yes it’s tough growing up in japan. I used to feel so ugly from head to toe and always felt like no one would ever like a dark ugly girl like me and these type of childhood trauma stays with you forever Unforch. Silver lining is that i traveled to Hawaii one time as a kid and went to summer school there and I was extremely popular amongst the boys there ,even upper years 😅 which is when I realized I’m actually not that bad after all and it was a Japanese problem not me lmao

To the second girl, I encourage you to explore your Nigerian identity. As a Nigerian Brit, I went for the first time last year and can't wait to go back. It's beautiful

I'm Japanese and raised in Japan. When i was a kindergarten child, I had a classmate of half Japanese and half black. But I was so little, so I didn’t pay attention to her nationality at all. Her skin was a little darker than other Japanese, and her hair was very curly. Her smily face was so cute and I really liked her. It's sad as we grow up, we get all sorts of noises to judge people. I understand these people's feelings. Later, I moved to the US and was treated in some negative ways because of my race and strong accent.

Listening to Kristy is heart-breaking. You can totally hear it in her voice how affected she still is, and honestly, no wonder. Kristy, if you read this, you are absolutely gorgeous and so strong! I wish you all the best.

"Don't touch it, it might become darker!" This really made me feel for her 😢 But it seems things became better over the years ❤

I remember when I was living in Japan and I saw a mixed Japanese kid, I was shocked because I'm black too. She looked at me so hard and I waved at her and she was so happy! I was thinking maybe she had a easy time in Japan since to me it's a friendly country. But now since I've seen this she may have had inner struggles within her own country because of her fair skin.

I'm addicted to these kind of videos. It's pretty interesting once as a brazilian (born and raised) I don't see this kind of identity conflict in any basis. The whole country is so mixed and basically everyone is half something. Me myself have spanish, african and native indian backgrounds and it's a very normal thing. It actually makes me proud to be a living part of my ancestors history. I hope Christy finds the acceptance she seeks and deserves. She is gorgeous and seems to be a very kind soul. I wish her all the best. Congrats for your work!! It's very interesting!! 😊

I dated a woman who was half Japanese. She described the same problems, growing up in Japan in the 90s, she was bullied and considered a "half breed" they were really mean to her and I don't wish that on anyone. This is a great topic. Thank you.

First woman really went through a lot ❤️🌷😭

I’m half black and half Korean. Cool to see these kind of videos being put out more I feel like we’re a forgotten breed at times lol.