Japanese public reactions to afro hair | hidden camera

[@Mizuyah]

Curiosity is one thing but what I don’t like is that people will forget their manners In the presence of people who look different. So I think you giving advice to people about not reaching out to touch black hair is a good thing because I’m pretty sure they wouldn’t simply stick their fingers into the hair of someone who is similar to them even if it was a style they had never seen before. Most people would ask first.

[@Yllah]

Agreed

[@aswjslfi]

true

[@glennis-dankuwel6020]

Exactly!

[@bri8944]

@brooklyn summers black hair

[@Theprophet-n3m]

If someone wants to touch my hair I'll let them, it's not a big deal.

[@YaadPikni]

My first year in Japan, I was in a mall going up an escalator when I heard some people laughing. I look up, and it was a group of young people (late teens/ early-20s, maybe?) ahead of me looking directly at me and laughing... HARD. I was used to people staring, but laughing at me? Never. I realised later that it was the first time I'd worn my hair out. So, I crafted an experiment, and sure enough: any time I wore my hair out, there was a dramatic spike in the intensity of the stares, the pointing, the comments, and a laughter that I never got otherwise. I've been natural for over 20 years, and I LIVE for wearing my hair out. My hair is BIG. It's long (BSL) and beautiful, and I love how voluminous it is. But here in Japan, I keep it in plaits or twists (sans extensions). The constant and unending staring from Japanese people every day is one thing, but the added pointing and laughter when I wear my hair out is another. So, I feel you. Serious respect to everyone who wears their fro out regularly.

[@LMLification]

You should have put them in their place. It just seems black people can't exist anywhere. We even have our own people talking crap about our hair sometimes.

[@anqearlivv]

I don’t get why ppl in Japan don’t understand there’s more than just one race

[@LMLification]

​@@anqearlivv That's because they are from an insular, mono-ethnic society and just choose to be dumbfounded in each generation. This is the same society that is a proponent of having white skin over dark. Even the ones that aren't ignorant tend to think straighter hair is the norm over type 4 hair. In their minds, standing out and being different from the "norm" is not good, although you have some of them that like to appropriate our hairstyles, such as kinky twists and braids. Psychological bullying is the norm here (Japan), and they are rather "white yielding" when it comes to dealing with foreigners. Just look at how many of them run after white men, yet hold their own men to a higher standard. Being a foreigner just gives them enough ammunition to start talking sh*t, especially if you are the only one in the given situation.

[@anqearlivv]

@@LMLification ohhh right so they find it weird because it basically doesn’t fit their beauty standard?

[@LMLification]

@@anqearlivv Yep, that or a Eurocentric beauty standard. They are very judgemental, especially about appearance, although some of them look unkempt and foolish.

[@WindRegalia07]

Thank you for making this video I’m a black woman and I often keep my hair in an Afro and I plan to visit Asia. I will not let the stares get to me because I know black is beautiful

[@Yllah]

Thank you so much for watching

[@justwatching4404]

This 4c girl is not trying to knock perms, weaves, wigs or extensions. I’m just glad to see young black women embracing their hair in it’s natural state as a true fashionable style option. Our hair can seriously high maintenance diva. But if treated well, our hair can and will flourish, growing towards the sky like a true crown 👑 .

[@dominaanselmo2973]

I'm in India and I'm really glad that a lot of my friends(and strangers) ask for permission to touch. I have met a few people that just touched it and made fun of it but I'm glad that majority of people do ask for permission and even if I say no, they respect my answer. Thanks for touching on this story and for sharing awareness on this. Love from a Malawian in India

[@Yllah]

Thank you so much for your kind words and for sharing your experience with us. Sending love

[@hinataXkibaforeva102]

Im Black American. Growing up in an area that had an almost non existent black population, I relate to a lot of these experiences. It took a lot of self love and reflection to learn to love my hair. Happy to say that I’ve natural now for 4 years and I’m never going back!

[@mwana1114]

Yes please. Just don't touch. Even when people ask I sometimes feel like they should consider why they are asking and the relationship. If we aren't close then I really feel like if they ask and I say no they should respect that. Also asking while already reaching out to touch doesn't count as asking.

[@lotusthemermaid]

Your natural hair looks amazing! I'm glad you're feeling more confident about yourself. It's a constant struggle for so many people, especially women. Thank you for sharing your experiences. I sincerely admire your courage, and I fully believe your actions are making a positive impact. 🙌🏻

[@Yllah]

Thank you so much for the kind words 🙏🏾❤️

[@Shugotenshi99]

I've been watching your videos for a while and you've given me so much inspiration to wear what I want and to embrace my beauty while living in Japan. I had no idea that you felt insecure sometimes with your fro. I've always thought that you looked so gorgeous! Please continue being the beautiful, radiant queen that you are and let's wear our crowns proudly in this world of conforming sheep. We are the ones who give the world its color.

[@Yllah]

❤️ thank you so much for the love ! Let’s shine always !

[@kayl4865]

I don’t care if I get laughed at ☺️ I know my hair is beautiful. There’s a reason other races all over the world try to imitate us. I don’t let it bother me if they want to consider me a celebrity and fashion icon. I’ll gladly act like they’re paparazzi and ignore everything. Ignorant actions yield equally ignorant responses imo so if people want to behave that way then they will just be treated on par with that level.

[@ET-ki5df]

Exactly 💯 , we are the most unique people!!!!!

[@goodquestion1]

🤣 I would never want to have that kind of hair 🤢

[@distefanoangelo7394]

@@goodquestion1 Raciste. You pig !!!

[@hni3402]

@@goodquestion1 clap for yourself. mumu

[@TheAriesprincess19]

@@goodquestion1 don't nobody give af what your yt ass wouldn't want. Worry about your own stringy, oily, and liced out hair

[@RachelLondon]

Our hair is so incredibly beautiful. The rarest of all the races. The only hair type to grow toward the sun. I fall in love with it more and more when I realise that my genetic coding produces this rarity, which is the original genuine article, not man made by virtue of racial mixing/hybrid. My creator made absolutely NO mistakes 🙌 I love it. Yours is too beautiful and I cannot wait to reach your length. Much love from 🇬🇧

[@Notnotdiscoling]

I just can’t with the whole touching, staring, taking pictures without consent. These are grown adults raised into a culture of distance and politeness towards strangers, yet they treat people who don’t look the same as literal animals. For me it’s a lack of discipline

[@Kap3lka]

That's it! THIS right here! They are treating other people the way they themselves WOULD NOT want to be treated. Hence why I don't chalk this up to innocence. They are being rude and they KNOW they are!

[@LMLification]

I have been laughed at when at a salon and have even had my hair compared to a clown wig. There was even a woman who picked her nose and then tried to touch my hair, of course without asking. People doing this sh*t would have rightfully gotten their asses kicked elsewhere. Foreign country or not, don't let people disrespect you. Even if you don't know the language, it is not so hard to tell if someone is talking crap. .

[@lifeis2171]

White ppl dumb

[@LMLification]

@@lifeis2171 Indeed, and other groups try to follow along and feed into it.

[@Peachtowndivacat007]

this hurts my feelings hearing you say clown wig...I was told that as a child...

[@LMLification]

@@Peachtowndivacat007 Yes, a Japanese woman in Japan was rude and insulted me this way.

[@nwalden5744]

Exactly

[@lumieremutoke9857]

From a Congolese, actually things have changed a lot, people won’t be asking why you didn’t do your hair, they will just look at you and try to do the same thing the next day, some may come at you to say that it looks good 👍🏾 The Afro style has gained so much popularity with in older and younger generations and I think that we should always be proud of our natural hair.

[@Yllah]

That’s great to read for real. I’m glad things have changed since last time I was there !

[@eenchantress5113]

I guess it has changed from her time My parents and everyone else wore their Afros in highschool (80s) and before. When I was born (USA ) my mom would always tell me how beautiful my Afro was randomly, and my aunts would feel my Afro and tell me how beautiful it was. Haha little me was like ok? But my grandma did suggest a relaxer,which I did get at age 6-7.

[@VampireKittenofWaffles]

When I walked around Sapporo with my fro for the first time, no one seemed to notice. When I went to my usual bar, everyone acted like nothing. Finally, one of the employees said I had a fashionable hat. When I told them it was my hair, they were so shocked at first, but ended up loving it. They said I should wear my hair out more, but told them due to the snow and cold, it was better to have box braids.

[@Peachtowndivacat007]

fashionable hat? wow

[@justinethomas5020]

No one has the right to touch my natural hair. PERIOD

[@bruh-js7tz]

Alright

[@sponge4745]

Alright

[@phoebesanchez6646]

Absolutely right

[@humanconnectionflores]

This is a good experiment, Asia is changing and the local people have to get use,to see the different human cultures. Whether it's in,looks,clothing styles or personality. As long as it's not disrespectful.some people lack emotional intelligence. Remember young Lady beauty is in the eyes of the beholder. An the first beholder is you,yourself. You have to see your own beauty first. When we travel it's an exchange of cultures and intelligence.

[@florencesenya1506]

I think it's our responsibility as African women to display our hair to others so the ignorance can be eradicated. If we keep hiding it they will never know and continue to act without manners towards us. They are usually just curious. No need to take it personal. We as a race are different and unique in this world. We should own it, display it and be proud of it. I am a proud African with sister locks. 👍☺️

[@Francinahinjapan]

I recently went to Dotombori Namba and I was approached by this but wearing a really dirty Afro and he pointed at himself and pointed back at me and I yelled “ isho janai “ he put his tail between his legs and went off with his friend! All in all I have zero issues with old people or kids being curious about my hair but having all this young people with their phones stuck to their face trying to act as if they don’t know anything! To me it’s disrespectful! I live it when kids touch my hair because they are expanding their knowledge and it’s a great opportunity for me to teach them !

[@Yllah]

I totally feel you ❤️ thank you for sharing this

[@123アミオ]

@@sdjslkdjlsskldjslkdjsl8262 I don’t think you understand the comment lol

[@mykaylajacques9816]

@@sdjslkdjlsskldjslkdjsl8262 how about we don't make fun of people and stay respectful?

[@sweettreatsoverload4296]

@sdjslkdjls skldjslkdjsl how about people bring respectful. You should be able to go anywhere you choose, with out being disrespectful.

[@silva1530]

Dont let their children put their dirty fingers in your hair, you're not teaching them to respect you and other black people.

[@jasminearthur2844]

Such an encouraging and inspiring video! 🥹

[@Yllah]

❤️❤️❤️❤️ thank you so much

[@LilLadyAy]

Dog lady was rude, she wasn't mean but following someone and hysterically laughing is rude. People seeing their dog as a child to them is a worldwide thing, not a Japanese thing.

[@Loyeri]

Hair that wins a fight against gravity is definitely beautiful hair!

[@calleegirl5737]

I've been in Japan for roughly 7 months and I seldom wear my natural hair out. On only one occasion I wore my hair in a high bun and I had a stray strand dangling and a student came up and smoothed it down and then in surprise commented on how soft my hair was, then a crowd of teenage girls were making quick steps in our direction to also try and cop a feel, I said thank you and politely excused myself and headed to the staff room ahead of the touch session. The following day I was back to wig life. I don't want to be touched, it's just something I don't like, from Japanese people and from any other race, even my own. My students are excited everytime I wear a new wig to school. I have afro textured wigs which I prefer and they say it's cute however when I wear straight wigs, everyone is overly excited and give many nice compliments, so they definitely have a preference. This comment got super long super fast... Oops😳

[@nothnx3210]

Yeah :< this comment reminds me of how people would say "you look prettier with straight hair" when I used to get perma straightenings in junior high school even my own mother. F em all 😁

[@ozymandias9925]

Etnia*

[@justinwilliams1117]

Your hair is flawless

[@TheIniella]

Very nice video of you 🥰 very informative. I am not black but I have a bit of curly hair and I got asked in japan by a Japanese acquaintance of mine if it was real and she proceeded to touch it as well, it was weird lol it happened only in Japan and it was still someone I knew but it made me feel uncomfortable so I cant even begin to imagine what its like if it happens a lot to you / if done by strangers :/ yikes moment. It's good that the natural hair movement got some more voice honestly its so nice to see more people wearing their natural hair than destroying it to make it look straight 🙈 you're rocking your hair and its interesting to see your opinion about your own hair changed over time!

[@bibilife6195]

I've been living in Japan for 7 months and I live in the country side area. So I understand this completely however I mostly put my hair in one. So it would have my big puff in the back and I can feel people watching me and taking photos. However honestly my trick to survive everything is having this main character energy thinking lol. And after awhile everything just fades out and it doesn't bother me how people perceive it. Because I love my hair, and grateful for it and yes I am different so I accept it. Taking care of your hair here is crazy, I have my family ship me products because I can't get anything here lol. And my braiding skills aren't the best , so accepting my hair and just wearing it helps me so much.

[@dio_hoestar_4204]

This is awful. I feel you, but with less intensity. I'm white, but I have curly hair. I'm a 3c. Even in my own country people touched my hair without permission all the time. I also like to touch curly hair, but I always ask for permission bcs i know how it feels to have your hair constantly touched without consent. I hated my hair for years, only now have i started liking it. It used to annoy me when people wished they had curly hair, bcs I was made fun of when my hair had a frizzy day or had the hairdressers say nasty things throughout entire appointments. As an adult it's different bcs I am a guy, people dont touch you randomly anymore and they don't expect you to have perfect hair always like they do with women.

[@cindynascimento7361]

I love the way you speak, wisely ✨✨💕thank you

[@Yllah]

Thank you 😍

[@half-breed]

I am from USA and all black women hair styles are accepted even bald but sadly racism still exists. You look great bye the way

[@Yllah]

Thank you

[@jamesbedugraham8056]

Due to our History Many Causcasians didnt like our hairstyle for any particular Reason due to Colonial or historical forces out there.

[@nandybrod41]

The dad / uncle walk is so universal 😭😭👏🏽👏🏽🤣

[@familyaccount1046]

at 0:57 a girl tried to hold her husbands hand but he crossed his arms🤣

[@Healingflowers1805]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@bbybudaluna]

love that you posted this, thank you for being open about your experiences and educating other people on our beautiful hair ❤😊 I study Korean and I’ve dabbled in Japanese, and you make me want to continue to learn Japanese and visit someday, so thank you 🥰💖

[@corellcormier8421]

I have seen where people in Japan are manipulating the hair to get an Afro.

[@aceplay8387]

Racist or not DO NOT COMPARE ME TO A DOG PERIOD!!

[@philtoner2621]

😂😅 🤣

[@rabeccarynder5560]

A big no for me. You can be curious but they need remember their manners. We’re not animals in a zoo to be taking pictures and touching without asking.

[@detectivenora]

Your hair is so beautiful! I hope mine grows to become as healthy and big as yours someday.

[@dezeblogs]

I really needed this video. I just moved to South Korea a month ago, and my hair is natural. Every time I wear space buns, a style that’s fairly normal in the US. I get SO many more stares. Usually young men, college age, point and laugh. I’ve never had this reaction to this particular style before so I feel so weird. It’s nice to know I’m not alone in this experience.

[@jtm881]

This was a very well articulated video, you've got yourself a new subscriber! I've always wanted to travel the world and Japan has been one of those countries from an early age. Your unbiased and genuine opinion is a comfort for someone like me who is hoping to travel there one day. And our natural hair is beautiful!💜

[@Yllah]

Thank you so much 🥺❤️

[@so9487]

Never react to how others react to your appearance. Be proud of your natural self and don't try to alter it.

[@SidyMGueye]

There are Japanese peoples with the same hair style; the Ainu. They live in the northern part of Japan, and very much discriminated by Japanese society. They were the first inhabitants of Japan.

[@silva1530]

They dont have afro hair.

[@michaelballard3364]

I Love your Natural Hair Sista ! Embrace the Beauty of Natural Black Originality 😍👍🏾❣️

[@klebertvirgilemabickamboum2802]

I'm Gabonese from Gabon. Kongo and Gabon have many culrural similarities. I appreciated your content (differents topics) and your natural hair.

[@Yllah]

Thank you so much !

[@klebertvirgilemabickamboum2802]

@@Yllah You're welcome

[@dadao8564]

Wasn t Gabon part of the ancient Kongo empire??

[@makutumafwa7496]

​@@dadao8564 Kongo wasn't an "empire". Kongo is an initiatic state that regroup every muntu ( complete human being with all their bimwelo ( chakras) functioning) who was/is looking to build a connection ( or has already built) to the Ngo ( the Ngo= the Black Sun, the real Sun, not the holographic sun that everyone can do). The Kongo Order was worldwide, this is why Japanese call their language Nihongo. This is why you have the Kongo Rikishi, the Kongo Battleship, the Kongo Gumi company, etc... The Japanese people from the elites know about that. The masses aren't taught this thnigs, usually, but it's not really hidden. When you learn ancient Kikongo ( not the modern-day version that many descendants of Bakongo speak, this version had been butchered by Karl Laman, and his missionaries, to the point that people think that mbi= evil, nzambi= god , kindoki= witchcraft... ), which is the initiatic language by excellence, you rediscover how the ancestors from the previous Ntangu dia Kinatimaza used to see the world. The Kongo Order was present all over Katiopa ( Africa before the invasions), Pelasgia ( Eurasia before the invasions) and Tarabana ( the Americas before the invasions). Gabon might not be the real name of the place. It might be NGABU. Nga= mastery and Bu= the being that begets life. So many places ( Ivory-Coast, Cameroon, South Africa, Congo-Brazzaville : which is the most horrible names of them all. It's like Tel Aviv was called Hitl3rville) in Katiopa don't have their real name, because there is a power behind the name. When people abide to the names left by the Berlin Conference, they are automatically linked to the bizidi ( egregores) left by the European initiated people who carved Katiopa. So, Kongo is not an ethnic group nor a tribe, not even a Kingdom nor an Empire, it is/ was an intiatic Order present worldwide.

[@joe_lubinda]

They wouldn't dare disrespect Caucasians cause they love and worship them. 🛐

[@bbkikimu6279]

Thanks for that video girl, such a nice topic and love the way you treated it!

[@Yllah]

Thanks a lot girl it means so much

[@Blue-or3oj]

They look cause it's beautiful like a cloud 😁Diana Ross used to wear it and she was so amazing.

[@RemyIssa]

I have curly hair but I straighten my hair to fit in. and I had kid crying and acting scared. I was offended to be honest but majority are mainly curious

[@nwodohjane]

Hahhahah this will be the same reaction in Vietnam here... they keep staring at my braids like they ve seen a ghost

[@Yllah]

🤣🤣🤣

[@TheAriesprincess19]

Y'all better than me because I'd be returning the same stares I'm getting. With modern technology, they can't say that they've never seen a black woman's hair before. And to touch you is taking it too far, getting in your personal space to take a picture. Yeah, y'all better start speaking tf up. You don't have to be disrespectful but let them know what's acceptable and what isn't

[@mandeep3.14]

Oh hell no to the black face and Afro wigs that are a mockery 😧

[@neilbrie8972]

I love afro. I do think you have a beautiful texture hair. Be proud of it. ( from someone who have thin hair I can't do anything with it. And you do look very professional.

[@zinarhone7642]

When I was a little girl in the 70s, we lived in a small Belgium village. 🇧🇪 The locals would stop and stare as we passed by. Some would reach out and touch my fro or afro puffs. Even more frightening,some actually bent over or picked us to kiss us. My dad instructed us to comply and not be rude. The truth is my sister and I were horrified and traumatized.

[@myaabby2753]

why would they kiss you? is that a custom over there?

[@makutumafwa7496]

At least they didn't try to ...cut off your hands... Belgians in my country...well...they were not the sanest people to be around...¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Young children in the 1950s were taught songs to not ...trigger them. They were insane... They say that the name of their country come from the Belga tribe, but they have so many pedophagia going on over there that their country is esoterically known as Bel/ Baal + Gia = the land of Baal. Then of course, the crazy ones where the militaries and the people who are in cults...but it trickles down to the regular, shmegular population because most of the time they have no clue about the inverted mudras that those who collectively organized reality for everyone keep on flashing on them every time they open their mouth.

[@makutumafwa7496]

@@myaabby2753 Well...Do you know Marc Dutroux?¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[@supernova7848]

@@myaabby2753 in France & Belgium people greet each other with a kiss

[@jamesbedugraham8056]

@@supernova7848 Something the natives find weird in Ghana and other Nations.

[@limoncell0834]

You're spectacular💛

[@Yllah]

Thank you so much

[@jerrybooker-bm4nu]

I don't some melanated people,if people are staring let them stare. If people with horse hair don't like or say mean things go somewhere you feel loved and accepted,or be like me and careless about what anyone think.

[@ONEBIGIRIEFAMILY]

Beauty is a social construct.

[@ubaidullahkassim5959]

No, beauty exists and we can't deny that

[@Nairah912]

@@ubaidullahkassim5959 what is considered beautiful is different across cultures, therefore it is a social construct

[@PuppyBIood]

I disagree. I don't think it's a social construct. Because there *is* beauty in everything, imo. It's just that some don't see it and some do, because it's subjective.

[@Bloooooooooopp]

@@PuppyBIood she means beauty standards..

[@OneManWentToMow]

U R EXTREMELY WELL SPOKEN AND I MEAN THAT IN A NONE PATRONISING MANNER, I MEAN THAT FROM YOUR FRENCH BACKDROP

[@alexiagoko9384]

Black people, specifically black women doesn't need to teach others how to treat us. We been doing it for centuries, if they know how to portrait us in a mocking area, they know how our hair looks like and colour, so I will ignore them completely, I don't need approval.

[@jesusisapisces]

Girl exactly. Experiments like these are weird and reek of validation seeking.

[@davichigbue1835]

Yeah, treating Asian men and women as children when they are fully aware what is and isn't respectful is stupid. They know that they are mocking and making fun of black people. A 2 min lecture isn't gonna change how they treat the next black person they see, let's be foreal.

[@Jasmine-uu2xo]

@@jesusisapisces idk why blk people place themselves in countries that loudly hate them and see them as a caricature....

[@heynhamnham]

My favorite hairstyle is round afro hair, like the most perfect afro hair you can pull. It just looks good on everyone and it feels unique imo

[@jamesraphaelcarter5434]

Hi I’m Congolese guy born in Belgium and also grow up in Belgium and my family is parte of « branham » I’m glad you mentioned

[@shristihazarika5728]

I want to tell you something sis👀 You're really PRETTY🤧💜

[@Yllah]

😍😍😍 you had me scrolling 😂😂 THANK YOU

[@thaUnWavering]

I feel like a lot of black ppl are avoidant of smacking ppl's hands away from their hair. I see the "without permission, they touched my hair" and I keep looking for the part where y'all say "and I slapped their hand away"

[@joannebaker4925]

Why is wearing an Afro head used a comedy. Why not other types of hair. Not feeling that at all. We as black people sometimes are too quick to explain or excuse others bigoted and prejudicial behavior away just to make us feel better or accepting of them.

[@PLACESNONDESCRIPT]

Habari hujambo kazi nzuri video nzuri

[@SpiffyPenguin]

I like that you brought up perceptions of Afro hair in black spaces too like your home country! It reminds me of my family's home country (Jamaica), a lot of people there think there's some big reason I'm natural and wear my afro out regularly instead of straightening it or wearing wigs.

[@joyouknow5385]

Omg. I want to do this with you.... I'm afraid to wear my afro hair alone... Also... if you want help taking your hair down on a weekend... call me ... struggle be real 😫..

[@Yllah]

😢😢😢

[@chinasaeke159]

I'm black and I would look...it's beautiful

[@ambushpredator7629]

From a melanated man to a beautiful melanated woman ,you have beautiful hair, keep it natural and beautiful please 🤗

[@TropicAsh]

I love your natural hair!😍 I have a similar texture!

[@carinatkins6669]

Thank you. I lived overseas and now back in America… I get it.. I too have had experiences… especially when they ask to touch it .. very common even in America.

[@AvaGrowth]

Great video thanks really nice thoughts. So beautifully balanced. 🙏🏽✨

[@munkush9287]

Your hair is beautiful

[@Yllah]

Thank you

[@NewWill-h5g]

Who care about what they say...😍 you are just so beautiful with the hair.... i am subscribe right away

[@africanprinceKAYIHURAII]

brilliant. I like and share your content

[@noziphokhumalo4030]

It's 2023 I don't believe people are so ignorant. Social media, media has made our world universal ... why should we allow other people to be like this and force others to understand and learn

[@amorbonner4752]

Japan is a lot different than many places because the population is predominantly Japanese. A lot of Japanese people have never been exposed to other races and cultures from every nation. This is mostly curiosity and Awe. To make the decision to live in a country such as Japan, it is very expectant to experience looks that could make one feel not to good. Just remember there’s nothing wrong with you, you’re in a foreign country and should expect this.

[@lakennethiavaughn6887]

You and your hair are gorgeous! I have locs and I love here in Japan but I’ve never encountered issues or that I’m aware of. I live in a smaller city and I love it here!

[@agggggg1916]

A colleague of me with blond hair was touched in all countries. She was the first blond woman for many in Africa, South America and Asia. This is of course exhausting.

[@coci2729]

Well, I am African American, and I don't care if you admire my haircut don't put your hands in hair . ThatPart !

[@Mari-hl4kx]

Your hair so pretty 😍

[@supernova7848]

I tell them they can’t touch my hair because their fingers will fall off at night , that swiftly ends the conversation.

[@MeadowKim-jx8sn]

The way that non-japanese girl looked at you was annyoning asf acting like she wouldn't get those same stares since she's foreigner smdh

[@cathyilunga7481]

🇨🇩🇨🇩🇨🇩eloko ya makasi nice vidéo le message est bien passé nous ne defrisont plus nos cheveux ici au Congo les défrisants ne vendent plus 🤗

[@preciousalamu]

This was a really nice video 👍

[@privateaccount1278]

i THINK YOU ARE BEAUTIFUL AND SO IS YOUR NATURAL HAIR-

[@LoveMusicSound]

Bet someone learned that day Afro Hair grows too 😭😭😭 So much respect to the lady who asked before touching. Some people don't be washing their hands.

[@SabrinaHendrix.]

“Why are you wearing your hair like a widow”😂😂

[@Yllah]

😂😂😂🥲 they don’t even stutter

[@KarineWILDSMITH]

your hair are amazing ,so beautiful.

[@saranagh7097]

Beauty is in da eye of da beholder.

[@lazarocedeno5270]

Great video. Your beautiful hair needs to be admired by all. Specifically, person with very straight and oily hair.

[@Chocokaylarobin]

I love your hair!!

[@pswhite2961]

There are 3 & 4 yr old videos of Asian men perming their hair to look like afros...wth. I'm still wrapping my head around that, especially since we had to fight for the crown act in some states in the us.

[@rayrichardson8728]

hair looks great

[@Yllah]

Thank you

[@cosudu3002]

I'm white and I have textured, very wavy hair (actually frizzy) and I straighten my hair because it just doesn't lay properly if I don't. Plus, I think when I leave it natural, it makes me look like a crazy bag lady. When I lived in the middle east, I had Indian men constantly sneaking pictures of me when I was shopping or in a coffee shop with my husband. They would even crowd around my side of the car at stop lights to have a closer look. At first it really bothered me until I realized that I was an oddity to them. White, blue eyes, and blonde hair - an oddity. I'm an oddity - LOLOL.

[@AmyLeeAngelLove]

It doesn't matter the location, people need to learn respect. I've been through it in Cairo, Egypt even though it looks like I could blend in. Apparently not. It's everywhere and it comes from ignorance. People are not dumb.. they are just rude. No manners.

[@cuc6410]

I pity anyone that would even go to that country

[@Sannypowa]

I have 3b hair and I get just as many looks, that's how people react when they see something rare. Embrace your unique beauty ❤😘

[@manarcabrera2528]

My dear you are gorgeous. I love your natural hair.

[@marilynpridgen9517]

Her dog is beautiful I don’t think that’s an insult I think it’s more of a observation a lot of dogs have hair like humans and some dogs look like certain humans and her dog was beautiful so I don’t know what it is to be offended about our hair is different from everybody else is here so it’s not offensive for someone to look at it we are the majority but not in the west and our hair is quite beautiful I would look at it to

[@SoloJourneyandPJ]

Touch my hair or my body you’ll pull back a nub ✌🏾

[@mugabedavid4845]

Well they are seeing natural and how its beautiful .

[@Colorbrush21]

Some afros are so huge they would attract stares even in the USA. The smaller, rounder and smooth afros don't get as much attention. They also probably get more compliments.

[@chibuzorbenita8766]

Please, please, please! How do you care for your hair!? 😫😌 It's the first time I'm watching your video