I used to believe, when I was 4ish that if you touched a black person, the blackness would 'rub off' onto you're skin, and visa versa.
A childhood belief about skin

others believed things like this
- I used to think that a Visa credit card was what one needed to be admitted to countries that "require a visa".— Stephanie
- I used to believe if i touched a cameleon i would change the color of my skin. — Sophie
- When I was 4 or so I believed if you touched a dead person you'd die too.— anonymous
- I used to think that if a white person and a black person has a baby it would be mexican.— J
- i used to believe that black wood ear
came from the skin of the bats— JULIE - I used to believe that black olives were made out of whale skin.— Troyson