Facebook: Cecile Kyenge

Cecile Kyenge: But Cecile Kyenge says she's not afraid and challenged Italians to respond to such intimidation themselves to prove that Italy isn't racist, according to CTV. Last week, a local politician from the xenophobic Northern League party was expelled from the party after she suggested on Facebook: "Why doesn't someone rape her Kyenge , so she can understand what victims of atrocious crimes feel?" The official, Dolores Valandro, was implying that immigrants were responsible for violent crime in Italy and ROME -- Italy's first black Cabinet minister is facing Internet death threats before a visit to a region known for its anti-immigrant political base. Kyenge, a Congolese-born doctor who has lived in Italy since 1983, has been the target of racist diatribes ever since she was named integration minister in April. She has been called "Congolese monkey," and a member of a "bonga bonga government." (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.