Monday,
March 10, 2008
Italians Subjected to Racist Graffiti at
The
ANNOTICO Report
Those
of you who like ostriches, hide your head in the sand, and think that there is
NO Anti Italian effect from the torrent of Negative Stereotyping by the Media,
may want to reconsider!!!!!!
Italians, Blacks, and Jews, Targeted
The
Excalibur
Written
by Renata Valz
Wednesday,
5 March 2008
Latest racist graffiti
affects more groups on campus
Two weeks after hate crimes targeting black students popped up at
Ferazione Canadese Italiana (FCI) at
As a club, we are shocked and appalled that racist comments/graffiti even
exist at an institution of higher education, such as
FCI (Ferazione Canadese
Italiana) urged club members to
celebrate diversity rather than condemn it.
This is a friendly message, reminding clubs not only to be respectful
towards each other, but also watchful for oppressive or racist comments and
acts," the statement continued.
As stated by Helen Keller, Alone we can do so little; together we can
do so much.
Frank Cappadocia, Student Community & Leadership Development (SC&LD)
director, was responsible for forwarding the statement to campus clubs on
Feb. 12.
"At Matt Fisico [FCI president (Ferazione Canadese Italiana)] and the clubs request, this
message was not sent out last week out of respect for the Multicultural Week
activities underway," claimed
Matt Fisico, FCI (Ferazione
Canadese Italiana)
president, declined to comment further on the incident.
Twenty-four hours later, another set of graffiti was discovered on the first
floor of the Student Centre in the mens washroom beside the food court.
It was hate graffiti of a kind of nature similar to what was on the YUBSA
(York University Black Students Alliance) office a few weeks ago" said Rob
Castle, Student Centre executive director.
Following this incident, Castle sat down with YUBSA and SC&LD to talk
about the issues and YUBSAs expectations.
The group was able to come up with measures, which included postering
the Student Centre with official "hate graffiti alert" bulletins from
Castle. The flyers stated that a new incident had taken place and
condemned the "acts of hate".
Castle said that an investigation would be taking place and provided numbers
for those who wanted to come forward with helpful information. ....
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