Read for you: Cecilia Kyenge: first black minister of Italy to the test of racism

Originally from the DRC, Cécile Kyenge is the first black minister of Italy. Since his appointment on April 28, the integration, it has faced many racial slurs, mainly from the extreme right of the xenophobic Northern League.
"Minister-bonga bonga" (referring to the "bunga-bunga" Berlusconi) to "Congolese monkey" through "nigger" or "Zulu" ... The seriousness of racist insults What Cécile Kyenge Kashetu received during his first appearance as a member of the Government in the House of Representatives, last week, disgraces the whole Italy.
In fact, since his appointment on April 28, the first black minister of the peninsula, in charge of the portfolio of integration, faces infamy of extreme right hate that assumes itself. "That said, it is Italian? His appointment was a big bullshit, "said the radio Erminio Boso, a former senator from the Northern League claiming to be" racist ".
"Choice of shit"
"Minister Kyenge should stay home, Congo. It's a stranger in my house, "he said. "This is a choice of shit, a tribute to the incompetence," said his side MEP of the League, Mario Borghezio. Attacks that have forced the government and the press to respond. "Cecile Kyenge is proud to be black and we are proud to have in our government as Minister of Integration," said in a joint statement the prime minister Enrico Letta (left) and his deputy, Angelino Alfano ( right).
The Minister, in turn, responded with dignity to the baseness of insults against him. "I'm not a woman of color, I am black and I am proud to say," she says. Last Sunday, she also received the support of Mario Balotelli: "I am available for all initiatives and proposals from institutions whose objective is to fight against racism and discrimination," announced the famous football player of Ghanaian origin (AC Milan), first gr black player in the Italian selection, which itself has been the victim of racist cries from the fans of opposing teams.
Campaign for integration
From Congolese origin (DRC), Cécile Kyenge arrived at the age of 18 years in Italy, where she obtained citizenship by marriage. His political strategy is clear: she wants "concrete change the country", addressing in particular the laws on immigration and citizenship passed in 2002, and launching a major campaign to integration. A program that will disturb the ultra-xenophobic party of the Northern League.
But, as his prime minister, Kyenge says that "Italy is not a racist country, it is a land of welcome and hospitality. "The fact remains that the immigrant has a serious image problem in the third country of immigration in Europe: it is often associated with immigrant who arrived in Lampedusa, or one that is operating in a factory or Grana Padano fields of South Orange ... The road may be long to completely eradicate the idea that "there are no black Italians" Peninsula ...
(Jeune Afrique with AFP)