When I was in kindergarten, thought that African-American people were colored the way they were because they had been playing in the dirt. I was afraid to play with them because I thought I would get dirty too!
A childhood belief about skin

others believed things like this
- I thought that all black people were African-AmericanAnon
- when i was younger i thought ac/dc's dirty deeds (done dirt cheap), was dirty knees and the thunder cheeks.— S
- I used to believe that people who were african american were dark because they drank to much hot cocoa.Anon
- I used to believe that african american people were black because they ate too much CoCo Puffs— Jessica
- a friend thought that the song "dirty deeds done dirt cheap" was saying "dirty deeds dunderchief"— dubs
- I used to think that little people in my penis had crayons and colored my pee yellow.— Ryan