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Racial issues in Portuguese society motivated this afternoon an "exchange of words" between anti-racist movements and activists of the National Renewal Party (PNR), during two simultaneous events in the Rossio region in Lisbon . The verbal confrontation between the two groups occurred when the PNR arrived outside São Domingos, where a concentration of antiracist associations formed of representatives of Afro-descendant movements, SOS Racism, was formed. , Ghetto Platform, Black Consciousness and House
Despite some insults between members of both groups, there was no physical confrontation, since there were elements of the PSP in the region.
The anti-racist demonstration, which brought together a hundred people, was called through social networks by the Djass association and appeared as a result of several cases of "racial discrimination". In particular the aggression, in Porto, a young Colombian origin. "The episode that took place in Porto and the trial of the Alfragide police are the tip of the iceberg that reinforced the call of this concentration," explained at the agency Lusa Beatriz Gomes, of the association Djass, a few minutes before the arrival of the PNR. The activist pointed out that "there is great difficulty in Portugal to discuss racism" because it is considered a "non-subject".
"Institutional racism, which we think is systemic in Portuguese society, Many institutions condition the lives of blacks and blacks in Portugal," he said. PNR, José Pinto Coelho, accompanied by a dozen activists, has accused these anti-racist movements of being promoted by a "racist agenda of the far left," denying the existence of the "anti-racist movement". A racist sentiment in Portugal
"Associations such as SOS racism, which are paid for by us all, are, in essence, fomenting the greatest racism in Portugal. In Portugal, there has never been racism. They create a wave of racism, which has both directions, "he said.
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