I was super anxious the first time my family went to a Chinese restaurant, because I thought they'd throw you out if you weren't Chinese.
A childhood belief about nationalities

others believed things like this
- For the longest time I thought that Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer had a very "chinese" nose...Anon
- I didn't quite grasp the concept of time zones, and thought that Chinese kids went to school at night.— Giselle
- There was a Chinese takeaway near us called the Orient Express. I thought it was Onion Press. Yeah.— Spook
- I used to believe that if you touched Chinese people, they would break.— Christian
- i used to believe that euthanasia has something to do with young chinese people— CW
- I used to think the person who delivered Chinese food came all the way from China to do it.— Savana