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Old 05-07-2013, 02:42 AM
 
Location: West Los Angeles and Rancho Palos Verdes
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Cecile Kyenge, an eye surgeon who was born in the Democratic Republic of Congo, was made the new minister for integration this week when Italy finally cobbled together a government after weeks of backstabbing and brinkmanship in the wake of inconclusive elections in February.

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In the few days since she was sworn in on Sunday, the 48-year-old Ms. Kyenge, who moved to Italy three decades ago and is a member of the center-left Democratic Party, has been subjected to a shocking tirade of racist abuse. Much of it has circulated on the internet, with the minister called “a Congolese monkey” and a “Zulu” on websites, some of them with links to neo-Fascist groups.

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The most extreme remarks were made by Mario Borghezio, an Italian member of the European Parliament who has made incendiary remarks about immigrants in the past. In an interview with a radio station, Borghezio, from the anti-immigration Northern League, accused Kyenge of wanting to “impose her tribal traditions from the Congo” on Italy.
In Italy, racist taunts for footballers and ministers alike - CSMonitor.com
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Old 05-07-2013, 02:53 AM
 
Location: Hong Kong / Vienna
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The guys from Lega Nord and Borghezio in particular are lunatics. Those comments just proved once again that the political landscape of Italy is nothing more than a freakshow.
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Old 05-07-2013, 03:58 AM
 
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I live in Italy. Back in America, our fascists are cooking meth in a trailer somewhere. Here, they're in Parliament.
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Old 05-07-2013, 07:32 AM
 
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Well, luckily no one in America would use racist epiteths against Obama......oh wait.....
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Old 05-07-2013, 07:55 AM
 
Location: Europe
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Lived in Latina for 2 years. Supposedly that is the most fascist city in the whole country although I never really encountered any problems besides not being able to get into a bar once. Breaks my heart to read things like this but on the other hand maybe US style multi-culturalism just isn't feasible in all parts of the world.
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Old 05-07-2013, 03:53 PM
 
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I've been told that the city (far north) I live in is the most fascist, or was at one time. I get the impression it's not as bad as it was in the decades after the war.
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Old 05-07-2013, 11:40 PM
 
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Lived in Latina for 2 years. Supposedly that is the most fascist city in the whole country although I never really encountered any problems besides not being able to get into a bar once. Breaks my heart to read things like this but on the other hand maybe US style multi-culturalism just isn't feasible in all parts of the world.
Bingo.

Americans don't care about being labeled stupid
Europeans don't care about being labeled racist

Oh well. Life goes on
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Old 05-08-2013, 10:54 AM
 
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People in Latin Europe are not RACISTS. They are courtisans. If the African black man is some multimillionare living in a 3.000 € hotel suite, they all would kiss the section of his back that changes its name.
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Old 05-09-2013, 08:12 AM
 
Location: Romania
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I don't think is so much about racism as about the fear for her vision.


She was born in a polygamous family and want to legalize polygamism in Italy:

Kyenge: "la polygamie facilite les rapports en société" - Les Observateurs
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Old 05-09-2013, 09:03 AM
 
Location: Somewhere flat in Mississippi
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Italian football matches aren't the only places where fans say nasty things.

Hungary Punished for Anti-Semitic Soccer Fans
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