I'm Caucasian, but when I was about four or five and people would ask me what I wanted to be when I grew up I said, "An Indian." I really believed that just because I wanted it, it could happen. What I really liked about the idea of being an Indian was getting to wear my hair in long, dark braids and wear beads.
A childhood belief about i'm different
others believed things like this
- I used to believe that the red dot on Indian people's foreheads meant that they had psychic powers.— Mark
- I used to think Indian women had scabs on their foreheads, but it was bindi!— Emily
- I thought that Indian Summer was like the weather in India.Anon
- My dad told me when I was little that my belly button was "Where the Indian shot me"Anon
- I used to believe that those of Indian descent who had them were born with dots on their forehead.Anon
- I used to look for an Indian along the roadside because of signs that stated
"watch for fallen rock"— pam petry