‘Prieto Prieto’: Tenoch Huerta presents his new book against racism in Mexico

After becoming one of the reference points of contemporary Mexican cinema and having participated in several productions, including “Narcos: Mexico” by Netflix or “Güeros” by Alonso Ruizpalacios. The actor Tenoch Huerta presents his new book “Prieto pride”in which he tackles the problem of racism in Mexico, an issue he has struggled with for several years.

published by the publisher Random House of PenguinsTenoch Huerta Orgullo Prieto’s book will go on sale this October 24. In a very entertaining way, not at all bulky or academic, the actor presents this book based on his personal experiences and all the way he fought against racial discrimination in Mexico.

The actor who is promoting his new film “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever”spoke in a recent interview about his speech in the face of this whole issue, describing that there is a big difference between racism in the United States, where segregation prevails, and racism in Mexico, which is more integrationist.

In Mexico racism is invisible because unlike the American, who segregates, the one in our country is integrationist and that’s where he hides, “said Tenoch.

“If we are just discussing if there is racism, if the monster exists or not, how the hell … will we kill it?”, Underlined the artist, where he also talked about his life in Ecatepec, Morelos, where he is. from. Describing how a local child is more likely to be killed by police than a minor under the same circumstances in Polanco, Tenoch said in an interview with Village.

Tenoch Huerta has long denied his identity for belonging to the “elite”

Tenoch Huerta also tells how the first time he realized he was a “priest” was when he came to the national cinema. Here he managed to appreciate that these social differences also exist in food. He tells how when they arrived on set, the food for the actors was completely different from that of the staff, distinguishing precisely the absence of tortillas or sauces.

Likewise, Huerta acknowledges having spent years trying join the “elites”, losing the way of speaking and dressing, denying his own identity, which is very painful for the actor. But he realized that there is a last layer that he could never belong to, since he didn’t grow up within those social groups. All of this happened until a friend made him think about what he was looking for.

I lost my linguistic identity: I stopped playing how it sounded, how my childhood sounded, my family, my street and my friends “, says the actor

After this, the actor recalled an anecdote that during a party at the Cannes Film Festival he played a cumbia, which made him feel at home, from there he began to understand that where he came from there was nothing wrong or to be ashamed of. . That’s when he started taking care of his identity, promising never to betray himself again, nor to deny where he came from.