An act so vile and reprehensible, you’d think someone from today’s Republican party did it.
Italy’s first black minister who was dubbed an orangutan by a fellow politician has suffered another racist attack — after a spectator threw bananas at her during a rally.
Cecile Kyenge, who was born in the Democratic Republic of Congo, was pelted with the fruit as she was making a speech at an assembly in Cervia on Friday.
The Integration minister, charged with making it easier for immigrants to gain Italian citizenship, shrugged off the incident.
“It is sad and a waste of food, considering the economic crisis,” she later wrote on Twitter.
“The courage and optimism to change things has to come above all from the bottom up to reach the institutions,” she added.
It is not known who threw the fruit but police are now stepping up security when she appears in public, reports CNN.
