When I was five I was a devout American Bandstand fan although there weren't people of color on the dance floor. For a long time, I believed that in order to be on American Bandstand you had to be "White." All I wanted was to be White so I could be on American Bandstand.
A childhood belief about tv shows
others believed things like this
- I thought that all black people were African-AmericanAnon
- 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
- At the age of four I believed I was soooo smart. I spoke TWO languages...English AND American!— Melinda
- I'm an American, and for a good long while I thought that Boxing Day involved the sport of boxing.— miss Taken
- i used to believe that i am american.
i am japanese . — mayumi