I thought that all black people were African-American
A childhood belief about skin

others believed things like this
- I used to believe that african american people were black because they ate too much CoCo Puffs— Jessica
- I used to believe that people who were african american were dark because they drank to much hot cocoa.Anon
- I thought black people were black because they drank chocolate milk. — Shelby
- When i was a child, i used to believe that when people ate black beans, they became black— Mar'ia Elena
- I used to believe that black people were black because they had so many frecles that they merged together.Anon
- When I was little I used to believe that black people saw in black and white. — Chelsea