When I was like 3, my father and I were in the store and there was this african american guy standing in front of us in line. And he was totally buff.
Well, according to my dad, I had never really seen that many african americans in my 3 years. So when the man started talking, I said very loudly, "LOOK DADDY, THE MONKEY IS TALKING!!!"
A childhood belief about appearance

others believed things like this
- 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 belive that african was the language they spoke in all of africa— quark
- My father used to call soya sauce "monkey blood". I didn't even consider tasting it for years!— Me
- For many years I didn't understand why everyone was talking about the 'youth in Asia' (euthanasia).Anon