I knew that there were people of all colors. i thought there were black people (african american), white people (caucasion), yellow people (chinese), tan people (hispanic), and i thought that other people from different nationalities were different colors...including blue, green, purple, and orange.
A childhood belief about nationalities

others believed things like this
- I thought that all black people were African-AmericanAnon
- I used to believe that african american people were black because they ate too much CoCo Puffs— Jessica
- I used to believe that black people were white people dipped in Chocolate. That's what my dad told me...— Steve
- I used to believe that you couldn't marry people with different eye colors as you.Anon
- I used to believe that people who were african american were dark because they drank to much hot cocoa.Anon
- when i was litte
I used to believe that white people had white blood and black people had black blood.Anon