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Italian Senator Likens A Black Minister To Orangutan by dtemidare: 4:53pm On Jul 14, 2013 |
A leading Italian senator has been chastised by Premier Enrico Letta for likening the country’s first black Cabinet minister to an orangutan, the latest high-profile racist episode in a nation grappling with immigration. Letta in a statement Sunday denounced Roberto Calderoli’s words as “inacceptable” and “beyond every limit”. Calderoli, the Senate’s vice-president and a leader of the anti-immigrant Northern League party, later said he was making a joke and meant no offense to Cecile Kyenge, a Congolese-born doctor who is the country’s immigration minister. The Northern League isn’t in the government but has been the closest ally of former Premier Silvio Berlusconi’s center-right party, which is Letta’s main partner in the coalition government. Italian media quoted Kyenge as saying she had nothing to say to Calderoli.
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Re: Italian Senator Likens A Black Minister To Orangutan by julioralph(m): 6:02pm On Jul 14, 2013 |
Seems like Racism is a way of life amongst many Italians. This reminds me of the silly Joke the Italian coach made about Balotelli during the Confeds. 2 Likes |
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