He’s running for city council and is mired in social hatred. The same thing happened to 30-year-old lawyer Khaoula Kanjaoui, who is originally from Morocco but has been in Italy since the age of two, and decided to run as a candidate in the local elections in Maranello, Modena province, with ‘Italy’s Italy’. Future list […]
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“Police are institutionally racist”
Black people are systematically discriminated against by police who are said to be “institutionally racist.” This was acknowledged by Gavin Stephens, chairman of the National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC) in the UK. A report on checks, arrests and convictions confirmed that people of color were often unmotivatedly “targeted” by officers because they were deemed “more […]
Italy is becoming increasingly racist
As in the rest of Europe, racism against black-skinned people is increasing in Italy. The most obvious discrimination in our country is in the fields of employment and housing. One in two immigrants of African descent lives in overcrowded housing, and although 80 percent have a paid job, only 2 percent have their own apartment. […]
Crosetto chastises Vannacci: “He will be hired elsewhere.”
General Roberto Vannacci will be reassigned and it is uncertain whether he will return to operational duty. This was announced by the Minister of Defense Guido Crosetto in connection with the case of the former commander of the Military Geographical Institute of Florence, who became the center of attention after the publication of the book […]
France is still in shock. Annulment of the National Day (in part)
France is struggling to recover after nights of intense protest and violence that have devastated many cities in recent days. The murder of Nahel M., who was killed by a policeman to escape control, seems to be long and hard to digest. Some mayors have decided to cancel the celebrations of July 14, a symbolic […]
The man who peed on the domestic worker: scandalous images
In the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh, a man was seen urinating on an Aboriginal worker. Video of the action went viral, eventually leading to the arrest of the perpetrator Pravesh Shukla. Despite laws designed to protect indigenous peoples, discrimination against them and other lower castes (they are thought to number around 200 million) in […]
Because France is on fire
875 people were arrested in the third night of violence that followed 17-year-old Nahel, who was killed by a police officer in Nanterre, a northwestern suburb of Paris, in France. Last night alone, 492 buildings were damaged, but there are also 2,000 burned vehicles and 3,880 fires on public roads. 408 people were arrested in […]
He compares Africans to monkeys: Romanian ambassador dismissed
Romania’s ambassador to Kenya has been sacked by his government for hurling racial slurs at his African colleagues. Dragos Viorel Tigau, Bucharest’s representative in Nairobi, equated African diplomats with monkeys at a meeting at the local UN headquarters. Macharia Kamau, secretary of the Kenyan foreign minister, condemned the incident on Twitter. The episode goes back […]
“What happened to Vinicius is the systematic naturalization of racism”
The days go by, but the worldwide rejection of the racist chants that Vinicius Junior suffered last Sunday in the match between Real Madrid and Valencia for the Spanish league continues. And is not for less. The strong statements caused sadness and even tears for the Brazilian player, who was visibly affected by the situation […]
Rodallega denounces racist remarks in a Copa Sudamericanana match
The frustration of maintaining the same level of play resulted in an increase in fouls committed by both teams against an umpire who I had no control over the game. The second half was full of several errors in the definition of the shots, which, despite the good intentions of their shooters, ended up well […]