The half marathon in Trieste is not an event of the highest class, and yet the organizers managed to attract attention. African professional runner, had been excluded in advance from the race.
Racism allegations by the Italian athletics Federation, and the policy brought to the organizer of their decision to withdraw. “In contrast to what we have announced yesterday, we will also invite African athletes,” wrote the organizer of the running festival in the Italian port city, Fabio Carini on Facebook. Before the announcement about the exclusion of the athlete from the race on 5 had. May created a stir.
Provocation?
The justification Carinis for the planned exclusion acts in times of political shift to the right in Italy is rather weak. With the step, the operator would want to set a sign against the exploitation of African runner, had communicated to Carini initially. He also said that there are many unscrupulous Manager, the non-treated African runner with Dignity and they are not adequately paid. Later, he then spoke of a “provocation” that it had managed to draw a “great deal of attention on a fundamental question of ethics”. He apologised to those who felt offended, so Carini.
Particularly of Isabella De Monte, an Italian MEP, has been Carini attacked. They described the exclusion decision as a “serious and shameful”. “We will prevent professionals to participate in a race, because they come from Africa. You have the feeling that Italy will be returning to the dark days,” said the Deputy of the Partito Democratico. “In sports, it is to share, unite, equality and respect, this is what we teach our children. But what kind of example we give you with this kind of decision?”, so De Monte. Nicola Fratoianni party leader of the Italian Left, Sinistra Italiana, said: “This is not Mississippi in the 1950s, the Trieste is in the year 2019.”
The Italian athletics Federation, announced that he had immediately initiated an investigation to examine possible violations.
Again and again, racist is striking: the Fans of Lazio Rome
Italy – the country of racism?
The incidents in Trieste is not a surprise. Always be used in the whole of Italy sporting events right and racist groups in order to make Front against, in particular, dark-skinned athletes. The most recent example in a long series of incidents the incidents at the game of Lazio at AC Milan. There, the mail has been displayed on Milan’s public Prosecutor’s office seven Ultras of the football club Lazio Rome, in front of the semi-final second leg in the Italian Cup last Wednesday night, a provocative Banner had to be rolled out. On this “honor for Mussolini”. The Ultras of up to three years in prison because of “glorification of fascism”.
Lazio Banner for Mussolini
A total of 29 Lazio Hooligans have been identified, reported Italian media. It was shown, among other things, a 53-Year-old, greeted with a stretched right Arm, the Ultras. Milan’s mayor, Giuseppe Sala called on football clubs to commit to anti-fascism. “In the past, clubs have not condemned the incidents strong enough,” said Sala
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