The Importance of Not Being Arcovazzi

Unlawful squads of Chinese people organised and carried out several punitive expeditions and patrols against North Africans and other migrants from less developed countries living in Prato, Italy. Apparently, the Chinese group selected his victims just because of their skin colour, regardless of any other reason. As demonstrated by deep investigations co-ordinated by Prato’s Prosecutor’s Office, the head of the group was one of the key movers behind the controversial pro-security rally that took place in Prato on the last 6 February. They will have to respond to conspiracy and injury with the aggravating circumstance of racial hatred. Chinese people living in Prato’s Chinatown very often distrust the promptness and professionality of our law enforcement forces; we think that this case can only go to prove that they can (and should), instead, trust them, because today the Italian Republic has indeed demonstrated that “Everyone is of equal worth, has equal status, deserves equal respect, and should be respected as an equal” are not words spoken only on paper. Even if they are not always easy words to say.

The Italian air force aerobatic team, Frecce Tricolori, flies over the skyline of Rome as the newly elected President of the Republic, Sergio Mattarella, is inaugurated. He is Italy’s 12th President. Photo: Guilio Origlia/Getty Images.