I didn't see an Indian person until I was about 2 years old, the Pakistani gent in question was about 90 years old, and I thought that when you got old you turned black.
A childhood belief about nationalities

others believed things like this
- I used to think that if a white person and a black person has a baby it would be mexican.— J
- The first time I saw a black person (I was about 3), I thought he was made of chocolate.— Ronne
- as a kid, i was told by my older cousins that i wasnt human until i turned 7 years old.— twk
- i used to beleive taht when you turned 14 years old you wuld grow an extra toe— kirsty
- Anytime you had a question (any question at all) you just called the president.— Erin
- For years and years I thought telephone poles grew.— Maureen