When I was about four or five, my mom had a friend who's son was "half black and half white". He looked very white. So I thought he was literally half black and half white. As in, his upper body was white and his lower body was black. Nice.
A childhood belief about appearance

others believed things like this
- I thought that old movies were black and white because the world was black and white then. — K
- I used to think that the old days were actually black and white because of the old black and white pictures.— Leigh Taylor
- I used to believe that old films were in black and white because thats how the world looked then.— JC
- I used to believe that your belly button was what held your top half to your bottom half...— Debelouwho
- when i was litte
I used to believe that white people had white blood and black people had black blood.Anon - When I was little I used to believe that black people saw in black and white. — Chelsea