Controversy over Tlali revealed racism and classism in CDMX: Claudia Sheinbaum

The controversy over Tlali revealed the racism and classism that exists in Mexico City, said today the Head of Government, Claudia Sheinbaum, during the delivery of the collection “21 para el 21” of the Fondo de Cultura Económica, to reading rooms, book clubs, Pilares and the Mexico City Book Club Program.

“The Fourth transformation it has revealed a huge and deep classism that exists not only in our city but also in many places in Mexico. And it shows when we say that it is going to move to the statue or Columbus monument to another site, to put in the center of Reform to a Indigenous woman because we want to give a voice to those who have never had a voice. And then all the manifestations of racism that were there come out, as hidden, and it is part of the current debate, “said Sheinbaum.

And he added: “The only way to transform and recognize in ourselves and in others the transformation that Mexico is experiencing is for the change of consciousness of the people to endure with a vision of a fairer Mexico and of well-being, a Mexico where the state not only reduces inequality but also provides culture as a right “.

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Sheinbaum assured that there will be a reading campaign that “it has never been seen in Mexico City” with which the “revolution of consciences” will be promoted so that, as President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has said, the Fourth Transformation is irreversible.

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With the delivery of the collection 21 for the 21 of the Economic Culture Fund, which is part of the controversial historical commemorations for the 700 years of the founding of Mexico City, as various specialists have said that the date does not correspond; said Paco Ignacio Taibo II, a great campaign to disseminate the reading begins.

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The director of the FCE said with this delivery promoters of reading in Mexico City, it starts with what will be the “largest operation that will be produced in all of Latin America in its history”, since it involves 2 million books that will be given to the population.

Taibo indicated that from October 8 to 17, the International Book Fair will be held in the Zócalo of Mexico City. And on the closing day the campaign to promote reading will be announced, which will consist, among other things, of bookbuses “in all neighborhoods”, “promotion of reading in the black spots of illiteracy”, “meetings, debates, readings , presence of writers “.

“We will give you details, it is a plan of 100 actions a week throughout the city,” he said.

In addition, he announced that the Vientos del Pueblo collection will begin to be distributed in newsstands in Mexico City.

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The collection consists of 21 titles: The Revolution of Independence, by Luis Villoro; Canek, by Ermilo Abreu Gómez; Death in the forest, by Amparo Dávila; Balún Canán, by Rosario Castellanos; The Red Book of Independence, by Vicente Riva Palacio and Manuel Payno; Brief history of the war with the United States, by José C. Valadés; Tomóchic, by Heriberto Frías; The night has a tree, by Guadalupe Dueñas; Anthology of Mexican poetry of the XIX century; And Matarazo did not call…, by Elena Garro; Time of thieves, by Emilio Carballido; Underground river, by Inés Arredondo; Those below, by Mariano Azuela; The empty book, by Josefina Vicens; Biographical news of nicknamed insurgents, by Elías Amador; The Labyrinth of Solitude, by Octavio Paz; Apocalipstick, by Carlos Monsiváis; Pueblo en vilo, by Luis González y González; Paseo de la Reforma, by Elena Poniatowska; Chronicles of love, history and war, by Guillermo Prieto, and La sombra del caudillo, by Martín Luis Guzmán.

All are after the time of Independence until the mid-twentieth century and the reissue consists of one hundred thousand copies of each.

Photo: Carlos Mejía / EL UNIVERSAL

This project was financed with resources from the Institute to Give Back to the People the Stolen. The investment, of around 45 million pesos, covered printing and distribution costs, as well as payment of copyright to heirs or authors.

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