Where Are You From? The Game 

"Musical theatrrrrrrrrrre" Just like that, I'm in love.

"What's your background?" "Musical THEEEEEATRE!" is one of the best iterations of this joke I've seen XD I hope people use that.

Love her facial expressions, that's hilarious

Haha, I have actually played this game at work. The reactions are priceless.

She's so good! That performance had me loling. I get the feeling the musical theatre bit was true.

"Why are you brown?" 🤣🤣🤣🤣

lmao @ the people saying "hows that racist" "he couldve just asked her ethnicity" its about the fact that non-white ppl are just assumed to be different and therefore aside from the norm. Imagine if you were asked for your ethnicity during an interview (a PROFESSIONAL setting, not casual between friends). Whats the point of that except to profile you and create more assumptions based on what you say about yourself.

I will love the bit when she says " musical theatre " 🤣😂🤣

Picked this up from BBC online article (30 Nov 2022) about an elderly female aide to Queen Consort Camilla behaving EXACTLY like this at a Buckingham Palace reception.

I love this!!! And Natasha Vasandani is freaking hilarious!!!!! "I just tell people I'm from Guilford you know, to be cool" LOL

so on point now

Should see all the comments on Facebook saying “This is good because it means he doesn’t think of you as truly British which is a compliment!”

Story of my life!!!

Best is when Australians tell you you're not a real Brit. Even though our grandparents emigrated at the same time.

1: london 2: surrey 3: guildford 4: cobham 5: vincent road 6: big tesco’s 7: woking 8: brighton polytechnic 9: conceived? 10: premier inn 11: the 90s 12: big tesco’s 13: musical theatre! 14: hospital?

It's the same in Canada. The funny thing is a lot of the white people I know were born outside of the country but no one ever asks them where they're from.

When they ask first I tell them the city I’m from/live in. Lots of transplants and newcomers so for them they usually don’t meet a homegrown local so they ask “no I mean originally” I respond “right here I’m from here” and if they ask further i tell them don’t worry about it lol

Seems like a great interview question to weed out people who go out of their way to purposefully minsunderstand your question

Lmao I used to go high school with that girl! So random I'm seeing her on this

Love the way she said "musical theatre"

I’m a native Korean and my Korean-American friend told me he gets this all the time. He’s from California but gets annoyed when he gets asked where he’s really from. I understand why though. He was born and raised in the US, doesn’t know Korean language or culture well, and thinks like a Westerner. To me, he’s American, not Korean. And thinking he’s not American because he’s not white or black is rude.

This girl is so good in this

can relate so much!

Only just seen this, fantastic!

Lol!!! Too funny 😂 I’ve literally been thru this in the States too!!!

Regardless of 'what the question is', the fact remains that, in this situation (job interview), asking "Where are you from?", "Where were you born?" and "What's your heritage/ethnicity" is illegal. For any comments that are going to be along the lines of "But you need to know if someone is living there legally!", the correct question employers are allowed to ask is "Are you legally authorised to work in [country]?" Oh, and more so than that, someone's heritage/ethnicity is none of your damn business, and if they are clearly uncomfortable talking about it with you or dodging questions, drop the damn topic.

So, this is where the Royals get their "diversity training"?

At work I ask people where they are from because I know they are from Melbourne but I just want to hear their accent and hear them say Malbn.

Susan Hussey brought me (back) here.

So, what they're asking is, why am I brown? 😂 😂 😂 😂

Damn I love these 😂🤣👍

I get asked this so many times,I yelled at them many times when when obviously they can see that I am korean,but they meant where are you actually from?😂

Do people actually keep asking this in interviews? Sheesh...like it's gonna make a difference how well you do your job. Totally loved her response though. 👍

On top of that, when I reveal my ethnicity, then they proceed to ask if I'm from north or south! As if that matters or as if they understand the difference. For one, we are the same race just divided politically! Plus stop weirdly calling out "hello" or random food names in my language because I really don't know how to respond to that. It's like I come to a French person and saying, "Hey! I know...um baguette!" Yes, that's why there's an awkward silence after you have named Bibimbap, Gimchee and Gimbap.

Well, here in Brazil the weather is always warm, mainly where I'm from (Rio, of course) and the sun is burning all day long. *That's why I'm brown.*

💯 accurate AF 🎮 .... musical theatre 🎭 🤣

I think people are missing the point... She is at a job interview that shouldn't have anything to do with her race but lo and behold- it does.

What he really is asking is "what is your heritage, what race are you"?

When people who I'm not friends with ask me where I'm from, I always wanna say:"None of your business".

1M Subs GG xd

I am forced to play this game in 85% of the Lyfts I get into...

Same in Germany.

He's clearly just curious about her ethnicity, its perfectly natural

Here from the Ngozi Fulani/Lady Susan Hussey Buckingham Palace story

Funny they release a video like that in the UK like it is politically incorrect when the first time I had to fill documents asking for my ethnicity was in the UK, college application, doctor, hospital, everywhere I had to fill a form I had to select if I was black African or African Caribbean, when actually I am African but born in Belgium... To me that is shocking. Not the fact to ask someone where they are from as the question many times is asked by curiosity or because they just want to know. And more often than not, it leads to interesting conversations. I myself ran interview where I was asking people where they were from out of curiosity or just to chat about their country of origin...

Im always proud to say Im from Algeria, but it's funny to play this game tho ^^ And then, I ask the same question back, oc

LOOOOOOOOOL

HAHAHAHAHAA make more of these, they are so funny, or mix it up and have a white guy/girl answer the question 'i'm from....' and see the other persons confusion trying to reconcile the 'foreigner' is white and born in a different country.

What is the name of the actress, pls

Why am I brown? Vacation in Bermuda

still, it's still a better question than "When the hell are you going?"

What's your heritage is the question. LOL

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As an Africa immigrant, this question doesn't really bother me when asked, but I can understand why people born here might find it offensive.

Welcome to the experience of every non white person born and raised in a western country

sory of my life hahaha

Not a bad question. I would’ve said straight from Somaliland 😁

Got this question a few hours ago. Shoudl start answering this with: "Your mother's womb, she must have forgotten to tell you. Opps, hate to break it to you like this"

This video deserves more views!!!! So relatable...

That’s the vet from the Specsavers ad

Shame on him. Her smile is an obvious giveaway that she's from London.

I could honestly say, "I was born in East L.A." Though I am Asian American.

Didn't they pinch this from come fly with me?

For all the people in the comments saying: The problem is that he asked "why are you brown?" if he asked politely "what is your ethnicity?" everything would have been alright. No. No it wouldn't have. And it's pretty obvious why not. The question "what is your ethnicity?" is not something that's materially relevant to just about any benign situation. It doesn't tell you anything about someone as a person. And sure, maybe to you it's just a harmless fun factoid to learn about others. You mean no ill-will by asking. But not everyone does. Plenty of people ask, politely, what other's ethnicities are and it matters to them. Maybe they circle around the question because they're aware they're not supposed to care about people's races, but they do care. For plenty of people their ethnicity can be a mark against them, can classify them as other, can lead to all kinds of stereotyping. Ethnically ambiguous people of color navigate a world populated by bigots who ask after their ethnicity so they can be neatly boxed and labeled as the appropriate type of other. And *you*, my harmless factoid gathering friend, are not special. There is no magic "I'm Not A Bigot, No Really" badge for you to wear that will assure people you're really not a bigot. The best you can do is just not do the things that bigots do. So when you ask your oh-so-harmless factoid gathering question, guess what?! There is no way for the recipient to distinguish your motivation from that of a bigot! Are you making small-talk? Are you gearing up for some racist nationalism? Some subtle down-the-road bias? Who knows! Certainly not the person you're talking to! That's not a comfortable position to put someone in. And if you think beyond your own much-protested Totally Not A Bigot innocence for like, thirty seconds, that's pretty obvious. If rather than being angry when people imply you could be doing racist things you instead ask yourself "how might my race-based question make this person feel?", it's pretty obvious. So stop protesting your innocence and just stop putting yourself in a position where you have to. Don't ask questions that could have come from a racist's mouth. Because what you mean matters for shit when what you say makes a person justly wary of your motives.

Funny

What's Her name??

i get it lol

The question is what is ur ethnicity

do people just not know how to use the word "ethnicity" xD

Who is this actress?

"Where are you from?" is very different from "What is your ethnicity?"

Oh no I just lost the game

all these white people in the comments complaining 😂😂

yeet

Wait Guildford? Surrey? I know she’s pulling his leg here (and for good reason) but aren’t those two places completely separate from each other?

Musical theater 🤣😂🤣

Ahaha hahahaha

Silly video you forgot to touch their hair B4 you asked where they are from

Hehe, I can relate. 😁 Pretty funny. I usually let the other party guess, it's amazing the places they come up with. 😄 Not racist at all, but pretty funny non the less. 😁

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But for real tho, where is she from?

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My high score is like 3000 or 4000 maybe :/

Haha score!! This one gave me bundles of laughter. This question is a bit of a tricky one. There are heaps of answers and ambiguous approaches. Obviously the one being difficult is that youre a local just like everyone else. You are Australian born, British born, American born, so you're obviously Australian, British, American, and you're blessed with Western values, you are educated at your place of birth, made some friends, you're English native speaker just like everyone else in addition to speaking another language at home, and yet, you are still treated and seen as a forienger. The fact that you're a western person and you're born and raised in a country apart from your heritage, ethnicity or background especially where your grandparents, parents were originally from, you get some iffy signs. Not all one size fits all this question. I guess you just have to approach this positively where people basically want to get to know you a person. There will be ignorant, selfless people who secretly box you into the stereotype at times. But, at the end of day, those people aren't worth your attention and you can just leave them with their ignorance. It shows how non-open minded and toxic fuelled they are. You can just highlight your birthplace and mention your heritage at the same time. For example, if I were to given the question of 'where are you from'? ' from my fellow Aussie locals in Melbourne, I would say, I'm from Dandenong and my heritage is Vietnamese. Something simple. It shows your ethnicity, and it implies you're born in Australia or wherever locally obviously. People are interesting. It's a multiple choice and there's no right answer for this question. If they see you as a forienger, the other, despite being local like them all along, they got issues. Not you. So be proud! You don't have to prove your worth to uneducated people sometimes. But don't let people box you in because of your race. It's unhealthy and you'll get overwhelmed, sandwitched between societal pressure and individual pressure. Where for example, since Im Asian, if I'm not naturally gifted at maths or whatever then I would blame and torment myself for not living up the expectation because of my race. ( Btw, I don't catch on certain things but that's okay I like learning a second language and different cultures, it's my natual thing, I love drama, sometimes I like reading and I like my socials and learning new things that make us enjoy life and be human) Being stereotyped, thinking about it too much and trying to set yourself a lot of pressure because you don't reflect that is very unhealthy and depressing. Live up to your own worth and people should be treated as people. If we see white people or whoever just having a general chat, treat people as people, see them do all sorts, then anyone can be treated the same. Not by race, not by gender. Enough said. Have a good day! Love Jesus!

I sent a sample of dna to a company that can find out my family history. The results came back that I was born in the UK and I'm racist.

Imagine being East Asian in the UK... And the sort of shi*t we get on a day to day basis... But I would respect the dude more if he just came out with "why are you Brown" at the beginning

"Oim frum Lenden". Not with that accent.

XENOPHOBIA EXPLAINED I played The Game way too many times in the years. I hate it when they ask THE QUESTION, and then call me a liar when I say I was born in the local hospital. Some of them have the audacity to get really angry and shout at me if I refuse to reveal any personal information. I hoped it's just Ireland. I hoped it's just UK. I hoped it's just me. I hoped... So please STOP. And if you haven't understand why until now, try and look at it this way. What are the chances that you would EVER feel at home in a place where every day, everybody constantly asks where are you from. I hope you understand the underline subcontext of that question is "I see you are obviously not from around here, because you just don't blend in no matter how hard you try, so now feel obliged to tell me all the personal details I will ask from you!" It usually starts with The Question, and then ends with what school my child goes to. No, such personal questions are NOT ok from complete strangers. This is not a friendly small talk. This is a nerve wracking and extremely boring interrogation. This is invasion of privacy. A torture with smile.

In the USA I tell people i come from Europe and speak European and they probably hear that accent from Europe. Get them back with their ignorance since most ask if all European speak European. Sure they do.

In a normal setting it's a bit much to ask someone , but for a company they often need to publish statistics on how much of their staff is a certain ethnic background (white-british, black-carribean etc.) even I got asked and I'm white British, it's just a normal thing

LOL.. I ask all people about where they're from, especially if they have an accent. I asked a delivery driver (about as brown as the girl in the video) where he was from after chatting with him for a while. His accent was doing my head in trying to figure it out, and I'm pretty good with accents. He looked really crestfallen, sighed and looked down. "Pakistan." He said. I was amazed. "That's a hell of a drive to Wiltshire, mate." I said. He grinned, and told me he was from Reading, but grew up in Barnsley.

It's one thing to be interested in different cultures and ethnicities, and quite another to hire someone based on the colour of their skin. Playing the racist card in the former example, is just plain dumb.

When someone finally cut to the chase in the same way as this video, I answered the "why are you brown?" question with, "Because I'm very fortunate!"

First comment!!

This chick is funny, I can see her becoming a household name

White is precious.

She definitely didn’t get the job.

Funny as hell. Ironically, I actually have an immigrant dad, Ireland, and because I am white, no one would ever ask me that. They would assume I was 100% American, but all 4 of my grandparents were born overseas.

She from 🇵🇰

Indian here