I remember the first time I saw a person of African-American decent, I was with my grandma...I looked up and saw this person with such dark skin and shouted out to my grandma, "Why is that man made of chocolate!?" I was immediately ushered back into the house.
A childhood belief about skin
others believed things like this
- The first time I saw a black person (I was about 3), I thought he was made of chocolate.— Ronne
- I used to believe that people who were african american were dark because they drank to much hot cocoa.Anon
- I used to think that someone having dark-coloured skin was a result of eating too much chocolate.Anon
- i used to believe that when a person moved away, they switched houses with the person that bought their house— alli
- when i was a little girl i thought God looked like my grandma and dressed like the statue of liberty. Anon
- I thought that all black people were African-AmericanAnon