I used to believe that because i was jewish, i wasn't american. What could have contributed to this idea is the fact that i didn't know the national anthem.

Nolan

I used to believe that anyone who wasn't British (as I am) thought of themselves as foreigners!

"velveire"

Im 20 and untill about a year ago whenever I would fill out paper work that asked your race I would always mark OTHER because I thought that caucasian was some kind of person from asia!

NATALIE

I used to belive the French came from the moon and that the man on the moon was French.

caledonia

When I would hear things on the news about Palestinians (from Palestine), I thought for the longest time that they were saying "Palaced Indians."

Nicole

when ever people said ther is an oriental rug i thought it was made from asian people

steve

I used to think that Germans were men that had germs...hey, I could read when I was like 3 so the word itself made sense...

Amanda

I used to believe Czajkowski was from Poland! After all his last name sounds so Polish. (like "Jan Kowalski")

My precious

I have always believed that when Chinese were eating a meal, they showed their appreciation by burping.

It proved to be horribly wrong when I burped loudly after having dinner with a Chinese girl. Luckily she had a sense of humour.

Anon

My brother once told my sister that in China they skin cats and use them for stockings around Christmas. Its not so funny that she believed him but that she was about sixteen at the time.

Chellion

When I was about 5 and just grasping the notion of there being other countries besides England, I somehow became convinced that France was the exact opposite of Germany. I don't know what I thought that meant though!

Maz

I used to believe when I was little that it was well known that after a certain period of time, the British would invade. I even had dreams about their military marching, millions of them, but all they did was march, nothing else happened. I don't know where the idea came from, probably something sarcastic my dad told me.

cdw_almosthero

My little brother once asked me,
"Erin, if Samuri Jack is Japanese, why isn't he black and speak Spanish?"

ErinM

As a child I first heard about Americans going to Mexico and getting "Montezuma's revenge" from drinking the water. And then somewhat later I heard how it doesn't effect the Mexicans who live there. I later learned that that is because the develop a resistence to the germs in the water. But for a long time I thought that Mexicans don't poop and that's why they can't get "Montezuma's revenge" like Americans can from drinking the water there.

Julia

Until I was almost 18 I believed that Hungarians were black. My logic, they were hungry, therefore it was a third world country where people ate nothing but twigs, 3rd world countries are full of black people.

Emma