I used to believe that if you drank coffee while you were pregnant you would have a black child and if you drank milk you would have a white child.
A childhood belief about skin

others believed things like this
- When I was little my dad told me that if you drank too much coffee it would make your skin turn black. Anon
- I thought black people were black because they drank chocolate milk. — Shelby
- I used to think that if you drank too much milk and had a nosebleed, your blood would be white.— Tina
- I used to think that adults drank coffee because the bad taste would wake them up.Anon
- I used to believe that if you drank coffee before you were an adult, your skin would turn gray. Anon
- if you drank coffee before your 16th birthday, your skin will turn purple.Anon