Growing up in Calgary, Canada, it was a rare occasion for me to see a coloured person. When I was quite young I saw a black man walking down the street. I remarked to my father that "he must be REALLY old!" when he asked why I would think that, I explained that people's skin must become darker as people age. It seemed perfectly logical at the time.
A childhood belief about skin
others believed things like this
- i used to believe that white skinned people sheaded skin and became black
— help[help - When I was younger I used to believe that the darker your skin was, the dark your shadow would be.— Mary S.
- I used to think that someone having dark-coloured skin was a result of eating too much chocolate.Anon
- i used to think that coloured people had the same colour skeletonAnon
- That everyone had the same amount of skin and that short people were fat and tall people were skinny.Anon
- I used to believe that jay walking was walking naked on the street. — Kendra