Italian Senate Rules It’s Not Racist to Call a Black Woman an “Orangutan”

Daily Stormer
February 8, 2015

Cecile Kyenge
Cecile Kyenge
An oranutan
An orangutan

It was not racist when Italy’s deputy Senate president described the Black minister as an “orangutan,” senators have decided.

As calling a Black person an ape is absolutely racist by anyone’s definition of the word, it seems to me that this senate ruling is not commenting on the insult itself, but on the orangutan herself. They are saying “seriously, why are you here? Why don’t you stop whining and go back to Africa? We don’t want you here.”

The Local:

Roberto Calderoli sparked outrage in July 2013 with his comments about Cecile Kyenge, then Italy’s integration minister:

He said: “When I see Kyenge I can’t help but think of an orangutan.”

A member of the far-right Northern League (Lega Nord) party, Calderoli refused a call from Italy’s sitting prime minister, Enrico Letta, to step down and the deputy senate president has remained in his post ever since.

His “I’m not racist” position has now won the backing of senators, who ruled that the orangutan comment does not amount to racial hate.

The move was supported by Kyenge’s Democratic Party (PD), with only the Five Star Movement (M5S) opposing, La Repubblica reported on Friday.

Kyenge, who lost her ministerial position when Matteo Renzi became premier a year ago, said she was “surprised” and “sad” about the ruling.

While she had forgiven Calderoli for the slur, Kyenge worried about the broader impact of the Senate decision: “If a person who represents the institutions can insult anybody, I ask: who protects the weak [members of society] in this country? It’s creating a very dangerous precedent.”

Wait. You come here to get free everything, then it is our duty to protect your feelings? How does that work, exactly?