The first time I saw a black guy I asked my mom why he looked like that, was it because he got burnt?
A childhood belief about skin

others believed things like this
- When I was little I used to believe that the brown potato chips, you know the burnt ones, were worm infested.— Eric Rustman
- I used to believe that old films were in black and white because thats how the world looked then.— JC
- I used to think that when somebody farted, little black dots came out that looked like pepper specks.— Jade
- I fully believed, up until about 6 years old, that the word 'accident' was a noun that meant 'burnt toast'.— Karl Goetz
- my grandma told me not to eat pizza coz the "brown squiggly" stuff there arent burnt cheese but WORMS!
— Mimi - I used to believe that eating burnt toast would make your teeth whiter and would brush your teeth for you.— Natasha