Black girl barred from song contest

(ANSA) - Verona, August 16 - A 15-year-old black girl with Ghanaian-born parents was barred from an amateur song contest in Verona after an organiser said she was not Italian despite her being a citizen of the Belpaese.
    On her Facebook page, Dora said he told her "you're born Italian, you don't become one, sorry but you can't take part in the contest, I don't accept foreigners.
    Dora's parent have been in Italy for over 30 years.
    She was born and brought up in Verona, where her father is an evangelical pastor.