I used to think that everyone gets more freckles as they get older, and when they get all of their freckles, then they're black people. I thought that black people were people whose freckles had all come in!
A childhood belief about skin

others believed things like this
- I used to think people with lots of freckles were playing with crayons and drew dots on their face.— WOW
- I used to believe that if you put cow poo on your face, it would get rid of my freckles. — Col x
- I used to believe that freckles were angel kisses.Anon
- I used To believe that if you picked your freckles you would get skin cancer— Janella
- if you have freckles it is because you didnt wash your face well enoughAnon
- When my grandma was little, her dad would tell her that the freckles on her face and arms were fly crap.Anon