Aside from the obvious discrimination, in 2002, the Italian government passed a law requiring all non-Italian residents to have their fingerprints recorded as part of the process for applying for residency.
Kyenge’s cabinet does not have a budget, though her main priority is balancing the budget to fix the country’s damaged economy.
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Little Known Black History Fact: Cecile Kyenge was originally published on blackamericaweb.com