Del Boca

Of Laetitia Leunkeu The European football championships were, among other things, a celebration of symbols.Among these an image has spread which speaks more than the words one would like to force onto the skin of its subject:a black child immortalized while in a moment of joy he waves the tricolor to celebrate the hard-earned victory against the English together with the others.His body soon becomes a political symbol.On the profiles on which his image appears, there is talk of proof of integration, inclusion, belonging.“This is Italy!” they shout. The instrumental use of a child is paradoxical, as in the painting in which he is portrayed and in the way the image is told, he appears as an anomaly, an irregularity of an established order, a banner to claim a notorious normality.Paradoxical as well as explanatory of a rather disappointing reality. Yes, this is Italy.It is that tendency to "I don't see colors", said hastily to dismiss any discussion that tries t...