With the name inspired by a racial slur coined by his student's, Teacher Black delves into the experience of James Prescott-Kerr, a young Black graduate who lived in China for a year. James threw himself in the deep end of a culture that has obscured itself from the Western world, to see whether he would be able to sink or swim. Through euphoric highs and dehumanising lows of a whirlwind year, he strives to embrace his new environment and the challenges that come with it. But the question was, will the environment embrace him?