Italy’s first black minister: I had bananas thrown at me but I’m here to stay
Cécile Kyenge has faced racist insults and threats, but insists she will not be deterred from her plans for integrating immigrants
▻http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/sep/08/cecile-kyenge-quest-for-tolerance
Three mannequins stained with fake blood were dumped last week outside a town hall where Cécile Kyenge was due to make a speech, the latest in a stream of racist protests and insults aimed by furious Italians at the country’s first black government minister.
After being likened to an orangutan by a former government minister and having bananas thrown at her while on a podium, it is getting tougher for Congo-born Kyenge, 49, to keep up her oft-repeated mantra that Italy is a tolerant country – but she is trying hard.
