I used to believe that black people were just white people that had got really good, all over tans.
This was further reinforced when I saw that the palms of black people's hands and feet were white, which obviously happened because when they tanned they kept their hands flat.
A childhood belief about skin
others believed things like this
- when i was litte
I used to believe that white people had white blood and black people had black blood.Anon - I used to believe that black people were white people dipped in Chocolate. That's what my dad told me...— Steve
- When I was little I used to believe that black people saw in black and white. — Chelsea
- I used to believe that old people saw in black and white. Anon
- I used to believe that before color television, people only saw in black an white.— CD
- i used to believe that white skinned people sheaded skin and became black
— help[help