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Originally Posted by Dazrin
How does not having a book store "create a lack of self-worth"? Why does having a bookstore say anything about your self-worth? It might say something about the overall conditions in the Bronx but certainly not an individuals self-worth.
I was also amused by what she is doing to fix the lack of bookstores. Instead of opening a new bookstore; she is opening a wine bar that sells books. It's like she already believes that she won't sell enough books to support the business. I might be getting cynical here but I wonder if she realized calling it a bookstore gets more press than opening a wine bar would.
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I wondered something similar. While the video seems well-intentioned it also seems disingenuous as a few things don't add up. A wine-bar/bookstore doesn't seem like the best way to combat some perceived lack of book availability, especially for children- one of whom is a large part of the video. But, still, it's something, and I get the impression less that she added 'bookstore' in as a gimmick and more that she is trying to offer both a wine bar (which may also be rarer in the Bronx) and a bookstore to improve the quality of culture in the area on both counts, thought a combination of the two would have a better chance of succeeding than just one or the other, and found her promotional focus in this video anyway more on the lack-of-bookstores-in-the-Bronx side than the wine bar side.
As to the claim of lack of self-worth, it sounds a bit exaggerated, but I do see what she's getting at. If you live or grow up in an area with less access to cultural/intellectual offerings despite being a built-up area near other built-ups areas that do have those types of offerings, then you may feel even if subconsciously more like your community and therefore you yourself for some reason don't deserve those types of offerings.