I used to believe if I was touched or rubbed up against by an
afro-american, the brown would rub off on me. Thanks to my embarrasingly RACIST parents for that fear. Thank GOD I outgrew that belief! No thanks to THEM! Egads.
A childhood belief about skin

others believed things like this
- I used to think that ponies were young horses. I was embarrasingly old when I discovered the truth.— Al's view of the world
- I used to believe that a racist is something like a person who loves to race on the racetrack.Anon
- To get me to eat liver and onions, my parents used to tell me it was brown chicken. And I loved it.— Mallory
- I thought the lyrics to "Don't fear the reaper" were "Don't fear the reefer"— who new?
- My mom always used to tell me that brown eggs came from brown chickens.— Taylor
- when I was little I used to think that white people had pink poop (i am brown so my poop is brown)— helena muteka