ROME (Reuters) - Calling a foreigner a "dirty negro" in Italian is not necessarily a racist insult, Italy's highest court has ruled. The verdict, relating to a case where a group of Italian men punched and insulted some women from Colombia, caused deep unease at a time when Italy is struggling to contain racism. The court on Monday ruled in favor of one of the men, who argued he was not being racist when he launched the assault with the words: "Sporche negre -- cosa ci fanno queste negre qua?" ("Dirty negroes -- what are these negroes doing here?")
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The article goes on to explain the judges ruling, which I've omitted here, cause I really couldn't understand it. There's pretty much no way, however great your imagination is, that you could turn that around to NOT be insulting or derogatory.... well apparently I'm wrong.
http://go.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=oddlyEnoughNews&storyID=10501977
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