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Italian politician compares black minister to prostitute
Source: The Guardian
Italian politician compares black minister to prostitute
Tom Kington in Rome
theguardian.com, Monday 26 August 2013 17.20 BST
An Italian politician has likened the country's first black minister, Cécile Kyenge, to a prostitute in the latest in a barrage of racist insults that has shed light on resistance in Italy to racial integration.
Cristiano Za Garibaldi, the rightwing deputy mayor of Diano Marina in Liguria, suggested on his Facebook page that Kyenge frequented an area used by prostitutes, many of who are black.
He wrote that it was unlikely he would meet Kyenge because "I don't hang out at night on the Rettilineo di Ceriale," the name of the road in question.
Kyenge, 48, who was born in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and moved to Italy 30 years ago, has grown accustomed to the intolerance of rightwing Italian politicians, notably Roberto Calderoli, a former government minister with the Northern League party, who compared her to an orangutan in July.
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Tom Kington in Rome
theguardian.com, Monday 26 August 2013 17.20 BST
An Italian politician has likened the country's first black minister, Cécile Kyenge, to a prostitute in the latest in a barrage of racist insults that has shed light on resistance in Italy to racial integration.
Cristiano Za Garibaldi, the rightwing deputy mayor of Diano Marina in Liguria, suggested on his Facebook page that Kyenge frequented an area used by prostitutes, many of who are black.
He wrote that it was unlikely he would meet Kyenge because "I don't hang out at night on the Rettilineo di Ceriale," the name of the road in question.
Kyenge, 48, who was born in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and moved to Italy 30 years ago, has grown accustomed to the intolerance of rightwing Italian politicians, notably Roberto Calderoli, a former government minister with the Northern League party, who compared her to an orangutan in July.
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Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/aug/26/italian-politician-compares-black-minister-prostitute
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