My (much) older cousins are mixed-race. I am caucasian. When I was really little, I used wonder how old I would be before I "turned brown".
A childhood belief about appearance
others believed things like this
- as a kid, i was told by my older cousins that i wasnt human until i turned 7 years old.— twk
- I used to believe that when people died, they turned brown just like plants do when THEY die.— Joey Schwartzman
- I used to believe that if you were Caucasian you from New Orleans because they eat cajun foods.— Serena
- I used to think there was a place called Caucasia and everyone from there was Caucasian.— Lucy
- I recently very disturbed to learn that Al Jolson was in fact Caucasian.Anon
- I used to think that your cousins are your cousins only until they're 21, then they become your aunt,or uncle!— AMILA