It is a good idea to scrub the term ‚race‘ from the Italian Constitution, Berlusconi went on.
„Italians are not racists, we are hospitable,“ he said on Italian TV. „There is not a general climate of hatred but some people who are out of their heads, like the gentleman in Macerata, who wallow in this atmosphere“.
Article 3 of the Constitution says all citizens are equal without distinction of gender, race, language, religion, political opinions and personal and social conditions.