I used to believe that all black people were cousins. I lived in a small town and every one of the black children that went to my school were related.
A childhood belief about family

others believed things like this
- 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
- i used to think that black people had black skeleatons.Anon
- When I was a small girl, I used to believe black men had fallen into chocolate. — elodie, French student in eighth grade