Italy's first black minister Cécile Kyenge likened to a prostitute in latest public insult [View all]
Source: Independent
Italy's first black minister Cécile Kyenge likened to a prostitute in latest public insult
Deputy mayor of northern Diano Marina apologises after making the offensive comments on his public Facebook profile
Adam Withnall
Tuesday 27 August 2013
Italy’s first black cabinet minister Cécile Kyenge has been likened to a prostitute in the latest personal attack directed at her by a public figure.
Cristiano Za Garibaldi, the deputy mayor of the town of Diano Marina in the northern region of Liguria, implied in a post on his public Facebook profile that Ms Kyenge frequented a road in the area infamous for being used by prostitutes, many of whom are black.
Local media outlets picked up on the comments, and Mr Za Garibaldi was quick to back-pedal and apologise, putting the insult down to “a stressful couple of months” in which he was struggling to pay his taxes.
In a post on Sunday he wrote: “I was wrong, I admit it and apologise. The statement… against the Minister Kyenge was in bad taste and offensive.”
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