A girl in
the Piedmont, Italy was turned down for a retail assistant position by a
shopkeeper because she is in a relationship with an African man.
According to
Corriere della Sera, the shopkeeper is purported to have told the girl:
"As far
as I'm concerned, you can go out with the Monster of Florence (ED: a serial
killer who butchered women in the 1990s), but allow me to not entrust the
safety of my store to those who share their life with an African,"
The story
went viral after Chiara del Gaudio shared the exchange on her Facebook profile.
According to reports, Claudio, the shopkeeper, advised the 18-year-old to not
show photos of her relationship if she wants to find a job.
Reacting to
the incident, Maria Luisa Coppa, president of the Torino Union of Traders,
said: "Respect and integration are values that animate our
activities,"
"Episodes
such as the one reported do not belong to our culture," added Coppa,
stressing the role that immigrants play in the city's economy."
Ms Coppa
also posted Huffington report on the incident and wrote:
"The
history of our businesses is also made by many immigrant workers who are engaged
in their desire to work, for their professional skills and with the hope of
offering them a better future. Respect and integration are values that animate
our activities and incidents such as that in the denucia of trade unions do not
belong to our culture."
Torino has a
large North African and Muslim community. Millions of Italians and foreigners
have migrated to Torino to work for Fiat and other major industrial companies
in the last decade.
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