- Tell me about your hobbies.
- I like to play video games.
- Okay. - I watch anime,
and I love table tennis.
- I'd say a majority of people
who watch anime are gonna be Asian.
Am I wrong?
("In the Hall of the Mountain King")
- [Director] Hi.
- Hi, my name's Miriam.
- I'm Olivia.
- My name's Brock, and I'm guessing ethnicities.
- [Director] How does that make you feel?
- Pretty nervous, honestly.
If I get it wrong, I could upset some people.
- [Director] What is your ethnicity?
- I'm Latina.
- Japanese American.
- Multi-ethnic.
My mom is African American and my dad is Irish and Spanish.
- [Director] What does ethnicity mean to you?
- Your culture, and your upbringing.
But, it's very very different from race.
Ethnicities are made to kind of unite people
around culture and what not,
while race seems to be more divisive.
- [Director] Would you get offended
if someone got your ethnicity wrong?
- No, 'cause it happens all the time.
I think I'm used to it.
- [Director] I'm gonna give you this.
- Okay. I get cards.
Okay.
- [Director] So these are your choices.
- Senegalese, Sri...
Oh, I'm also probably gonna say some of these wrongs.
- So some of these are actually nationalities, right?
- [Director] What do you mean?
- Like Senegalese, it's from Senegal. It's a nation.
- [Director] Definitely it's a question
you should ask the person-
- Okay. Yeah, true.
- [Director] Okay, your ready for me to bring out the line?
- Yeah.
- [Director] Okay.
- Oh shit.
Hello. Hello.
- [Kabir] Hello.
- Alright, I'll have you step up.
- Hi. - Hi. What's your name?
- Haleigh. - Haleigh, I'm Olivia.
Nice to meet you.
- Nice to meet you.
- What's your favorite meal that your parents make?
- Beans.
- Beans. Okay.
- Do you have a garbage can under your sink
or is it out in the open?
- Out in the open.
- What made you ask that question?
- Well, honestly, a lot of white people have their garbage
under their sink.
That's just my observation.
- What are some stereotypes
that people say about your ethnicity?
- We're alcoholics.
- Okay. I got it. I got it.
I think that you are native,
especially after that stereotype.
- You're a Mexican.
- I'm gonna go with Native American.
I'm 0-1 I feel like. That's what I'm gettin'.
- Okay.
- Thank you.
- Hi. - Hi.
- What's your name? - Todd.
- Nice to meet you, Todd. - Nice to meet.
- What are some stereotypes
that people think about yo peoples?
- We're good at dancing. We like to sing.
- Okay. Okay, okay.
- Tell me about your hobbies.
- I like to play video games.
- Okay. - I watch anime,
and I love table tennis.
- Why did you react to anime?
- That's like an Asian guy thing.
I'd say a majority of people
who watch anime are gonna be Asian.
Am I wrong?
So quiet. It's so quiet.
- Do you practice any religion?
- So growing up I went to a Catholic church
and then as I got older I started attending Christian.
- You like lumpia?
- Yeah.
- Okay, I'm gonna give you Filipino.
- I think you're Filipino.
- Latino/Mexican. That one's speaking to me.
- Okay. Go ahead. - Hi.
- What's your name? - Yesin.
- Yesin, nice to meet you.
- Nice to meet you too.
- So, what are some stereotypes
about people from your ethnicity?
- Well, we're good at soccer, which we are.
- Okay, yeah. I'm not even gonna stop.
- Okay.
- [Director] What?
- Okay, 'cause Senegal is filthy at soccer,
one. - Yeah.
- But two, I also saw that you wore the hijab
and I know that in Senegal
they do have a big Muslim population.
So, Senegalese.
- Filipino, Senegalese.
Oh my God. Oh my God.
There's a dog on his shoulder. I'm just...
- [Director] Why are you looking at him?
(everyone laughing)
- Are we Black? - I gotta see what
I'm working with.
I'm gonna say Senegalese?
- Hello.
- Kabir.
- Kabir? - Yeah.
- Nice to meet you, I'm Olivia.
The straight hair, thin hair, brown eyes.
I'm sensing native maybe, Native American.
- Hobbies. Tell me about your hobbies.
- I like to cook a lot.
- Okay, what do you cook?
- We make varuval, we make kottu roti, we make papadam.
- If you were to make need dinner, what would you cook?
- There's one dish that my mom makes called idiyappam,
where it's like rice noodles with curry on the side.
Yeah, and then usually pickled vegetables.
- Okay, right here I know I messed up.
Okay. Outta my options left.
I'm gonna give you native.
- I'm gonna go out on a limb and say Sri Lankan Tamil.
- Sri Lankan Tamil.
- Yeah.
- Yeah, I thought you were some sort of Southeastern Asian.
You look like Aladdin.
So that's what it is.
- Where's Aladdin from?
- Aladdin...
(everyone laughing)
- I was like, hmm.
- I believe he's maybe Middle Eastern.
And that's the closest one we got on here,
- Yeah. - so that's my choice.
- Awesome. - Thank you.
- I'm Brock, nice to meet you.
- Octive.
- Octive? - Octive.
- Do you sing?
- Everybody asks me that.
- I'm so sorry.
- I like to sing.
- Are you fluent in any other languages?
- I am. French, Finnish, Spanish, and English.
- Okay. So French, Spanish.
- Are you religious?
- Spiritual.
- What does that look like?
- I like tarot cards, I like astrology.
There's something out there that controls things.
I don't know what it is.
- Do you go to quinceaneras?
- I've actually never been to one.
- You've never been to a quinceanera?
- I've never been to one.
- Okay. What kind of music you listen to?
- Reggaeton.
- My girl. I knew it.
Yeah, I don't know, you was givin' me Latina
as soon as you walked in the do'.
- What makes you so sure?
- Your makeup.
- Oh my God. (everyone laughing)
- You got some Latina ass makeup on.
- [Director] What's Latina ass makeup?
- Some Latina ass makeup with some long lashes,
some nice defined lips, some highlighter.
She got them nice long nails.
Peak. Yes, ma'am.
There's a quinceanera on the 30th, you should come.
(everyone laughing)
- How you doin'?
- I'm good. How are you?
- I'm good. I'm Martice.
- Nice to meet you.
Just based off of looking at you,
I feel like you could definitely identify
as African American.
Do you enjoy soul food?
- Yes. - Do you like cornbread,
do you like collard greens? - Yes, yes.
Macaroni and cheese.
Yes. Yes. - Yes. Okay, okay.
Well, I only got one card left.
- Yes.
- And it is African American.
- I have African American left.
- He is African American.
- I'll take that proudly,
yes. - Without a doubt.
I'm 100% right here.
If I get this wrong, I'm canceled.
- You lose your card.
- Canceled.
- [Director] Alright.
Look around, are there anyone you wanna switch?
I'll let you... (brock puffing)
- I definitely see a couple I would like to change.
So I'm gonna grab the Native American from you.
I'm gonna give this to you.
This one from you. Give this to you.
Then I'm gonna swap these two.
- Thank you.
- Work it.
- Can we switch cards?
Here we go.
Boom, there you are. Your new identity.
- [Director] Why'd you make that switch?
- The tarot cards.
Tarot cards threw me for a whirl, so I had to change cards.
- [Director] The tarot cards,
that feels more inclined with Native American?
- Can I switch back?
(Brock laughing nervously)
Dammit.
- [Director] Alright, raise your hand
if Miriam got you right.
- Where's my prize money at?
(everyone laughing)
- There we go. Yay.
Okay, I'm so glad I made those switches.
- Okay, three's not bad. Three's not bad.
I'm upset. I'm upset about this one.
I switched and I shouldn't have.
- What made you change your mind?
- The tarot cards. The tarot card fucked me up.
- Why do you associate that with Native American?
- You know, that is a great question. I don't know.
- [Director] Can you ask Haleigh, did I offend you
by agreeing with the alcoholic stereotype?
- Did I offend you in any way?
- No. No.
- Okay. Good. - You hear it all the time.
I mean, it's just something that, well, I grew up with.
- Yeah, yeah. I feel you.
I mean, I'm Mexican, which if you look at the history
is part native.
We're known to be drunks too.
We got the (speaking in foreign language),
we got the (speaking in foreign language) too,
so I'm right there with ya, sis.
- Well, you got me right.
When you asked me the lumpia question,
I was just like, god dammit.
- Yours was actually the hardest one for me.
You have the tribal tattoos
and you do look kinda native to me as well.
- Since I'm mixed, I think that's why people get confused.
'Cause mixing Scottish and Filipino
kinda makes a weird mixture.
Like what the hell are you?
That's usually what I get.
I rarely get Filipino right off the bat.
- What did I give you initially?
- You gave me Latino Mexican.
- I feel like that's a common mistake people make.
- No, I get that all the time.
Generally it's usually Hispanic or Mexican.
- Thank you. - Thank you man.
- Got it. - Hey. You got me.
- Did I offend you in any way?
- No. - I mean, it's not that type.
- You didn't.
So what made you guess Senegalese?
- I think the hijab with the skin color as well,
'cause I know Senegalese tend
to have some nice, beautiful, deep complexions.
- Yeah.
- So what do you think is the difference
between an ethnicity and a nationality?
- I feel like ethnicity is your cultural background
and then nationality is where you're born.
- Would you say that being Senegalese
is at the intersection of both?
- For me personally, because I was born here in America,
- Uh huh. - I would say I'm American.
But my culture is Senegalese.
- So your nationality would be
- Yeah. - Senegalese-American?
- Yeah, Senegalese-American.
But I'm more attached to the whole Senegalese thing,
so yeah.
- So how'd you change your answer for me?
- I feel like after hearing
about the dish that you described,
you mentioned noodles and spices and the curry.
- The Curry probably, I'm guessing,
gave it away. - Yeah.
- What does this mean?
- Okay, Sri Lanka is a small island off the coast of India,
off the bottom of India.
But in Sri Lanka, there's two ethnic groups.
There's Sinhalese and then there's Tamil people.
- If I didn't have the cards,
I would've guessed
- Yeah. - Indian as a...
- Yeah.
- 'Cause it's the better known
- Yeah. - that area.
- And to be fair, the Aladdin thing is fair
because I usually get Northern Indian or Arab.
- Okay, well cool.
I didn't offend you with that either,
right? - No.
- Okay. 'Cause I was Jasmine for Halloween one day, so
(everyone laughing) that's cool.
- Are you bilingual?
- I'm not.
I know pretty much how to say the names of some food
and white people, which is velaikkaran.
Because my dad's white, so we all call him that.
- You call him white guy?
- Well, when my dad does a very white guy thing,
me and my mom and sister go, just call him a velaikkaran.
- Alright.
- Mommy. What's up?
- Hello. So you got me right.
- Si.
(Octive laughing)
- I looked at you
and then as soon as you said
the word quinceanera I was like, I'm caught.
- You really never been to a quinceanera?
- A lot of my family's down in California,
I grew up here in Washington,
and was more in just kind of white neighborhoods.
- How did you become bilingual?
- My mom speaks fluent Spanish,
French I learned in high school,
and then Finnish is another one of my family languages.
My dad's side of the family is from Finland,
and so that's-
- Wow. - where that comes from.
- How do you feel like you interact with your culture,
especially when you're not particularly surrounded by it?
- There was always the back and forth of,
I was too white for the Mexican crowd,
but I was too Mexican for the white crowd.
- She got me right.
- Yes.
- What made you say Black?
- I was sensing that from you,
and then also learning more
about the foods that you like to eat,
your cultural traditions,
really reminded me of my mom's side of the family,
so I felt pretty confident.
- What made you say African American?
- I think, mm, African Americans can be, I guess,
very diverse.
- [Director] You sweatin', boy.
- Me? - Yeah.
- I know.
Yeah, I'm sweatin' for sure.
- Coco knows you're Black, right?
- My family likes to say that she thinks she's a white girl.
I like to say she's albino,
- Uh huh. - but yeah.
- Look, she's a little mixed.
She got a little brown in her. - You see it?
You see it? - Okay.
- [Director] Did you learn anything today?
- I learned another way to say white guy.
- [Director] Do you remember how to say it?
- Vrilanka?
- That is not. - Yeah, that's not right.
- [Director] I don't think that was right at all.