This Italian election didn’t hinge on a debate about women; it hinged on a debate about immigration. The proper-wing League get together received 17 % of the vote, on a campaign of fears of out-of-control immigration, and is now the senior partner in a proper-wing bloc that has more than a 3rd of the citizens. The lack of girls on tv was unhealthy enough, however I wonder how the election would have been completely different, how immigration can be perceived in another way, if Italy had a single particular person of shade on…
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