When I was a kid,(about 5 or 6), my mother was driving somewhere and she told me,"Look, there's an Indian man walking down the street." I looked, expecting to see a Native American chief complete with feathered headdress and war paint, like I'd seen in movies. When I saw an ordinary-looking man with a dot on his forehead, I said "That's not an Indian!" My mother had to explain the difference between people from India and Native Americans.
A childhood belief about nationalities
others believed things like this
- Because of Pocahontas, I grew up believing Native Americans noises sounded like English to Native Americans.Anon
- i used to believe i was native american because i was a native of america!!!— rachel
- I thought that Indian Summer was like the weather in India.Anon
- I used to believe that those of Indian descent who had them were born with dots on their forehead.Anon
- I used to get mad when people used the word "native" because I thought they were making fun of my name!— Nate
- I used to believe that the red dot on Indian people's foreheads meant that they had psychic powers.— Mark