my sister in her childish innocence studied an african american man waiting behind my mother in line at the local market near our house. she couldn't have been more than 5 or so squirming in her seat in the shopping cart when she couldn't wait any longer. she asked the man "when you take a bath how do you know when you're clean?" making the connection that he couldn't see dirt against his dark skin like she could. the man just laughed at her honesty and said "when the water turns brown i know i'm clean" while my mom turned ten shades of red in embarrassment.
A childhood belief about skin
others believed things like this
- When I was a year old, I believed if I hid my face, my mother couldn't see me because I couldn't see her.— kimberly dianne(:
- I used to believe that people who were african american were dark because they drank to much hot cocoa.Anon
- my older brother told me that if i didnt clean every bit of dirt out of the prints on my feet, i'd die— chel
- My Sister Used To Believe She Could Fly By Driniking Water From A Magic Forton. I Told She Couldn't.— Zoe
- My visual representation of GOD was Mr Clean wearing a white robe... but his skin was a green/yellowish color.— Ryan Williams
- I couldn't wait to turn 20 so I could go through the Roaring 20's and be a flapper like my Grandma.— Susan Bonnell