My mother took my brother to the grocery store with her. He saw an african-american person for the first time and excitedly pointed out "Look! A chocolate person!"
A childhood belief about skin

others believed things like this
- The first time I saw a black person (I was about 3), I thought he was made of chocolate.— Ronne
- 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
- i used to believe that when a person moved away, they switched houses with the person that bought their house— alli
- I used to think that if a white person and a black person has a baby it would be mexican.— J