Showing posts with label Ecuador. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Ecuador. Show all posts

06 June 2020

Culture: Book Lovers: First Impressions Can Be WRONG!

Have you ever put your prejudices and fears aside and found out that you would have missed out on something awesome?

It’s embarrassing to say, but I confess that this has happened to me more times than I count.

My first impression was WRONG!

Here is one indisputable example.


I am American and have lived in the USA all my life. If you live in America and particularly if you are a black American (African-American, Negro, colored … I don’t know which box to check anymore! LOL.) or rather a person of color (O.o), when you hear or see the word CONFEDERATE, you already have an expectation or an impression.


While browsing Instagram, I came across an account called confederatebooksquito.

My first reaction was to immediately turn off or turn away from it because .. well … it said CONFEDERATE. In plain English, ‘Dem iz fightin’ words!

But I turned off MY reject button in my head and went to have a look.


Turns out it’s a bookstore in Ecuador that specializes in used books in English in South America.


WHAT????  I love used books!!

Look what I would have missed if I had followed my first WRONG impression!!


Bet this never happens to you, huh?


Source: Virily.com




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