Are you offended by the mafia sterotype portrayed on movies and TV?
Do you think this is doing somthing that hinders the comman Italian American in daily life?
2006-09-08 15:47:49 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Other - Cultures & Groups
Doesn't offend me. We shouldn't take ourselves so seriously. Sterotypes are out there for fun. Or at least most people think they are fun. Others take them too seriously and to the extreme. We need to lighten up and laugh a little.
2006-09-08 15:55:08 · answer #1 · answered by sunshineathome74 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the maffia stereotype is rooted in american history. I am not offended by it.
after all it is mostly television that keeps it alive.
yes there are mafia types still around today, but the vast majority of Italians are living the straight and narrow life.
2006-09-08 22:55:04 · answer #2 · answered by rcsanandreas 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm not Italian American, but I definitely don't have that perception. I think that the mafia stereotype is nothing but a hollywood dramatization.
2006-09-08 22:54:48 · answer #3 · answered by kookie 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, I'm not offended. In fact I think it's a kind of cool (not the violence) part of our history. I'm proud to be Italian regardless of what anyone has done in the past.
2006-09-08 23:14:26 · answer #4 · answered by Tiffany_XVIII 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, I don't think it does. Not everyone is in the maffia. And, if you think about it, it's almost like how some people assume that southerners are rascist against african americans. It's not true, and we know that.
2006-09-08 22:51:14 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
yes yes yes I live in columbus ohio I never seen any mafia here
2006-09-08 22:50:18 · answer #6 · answered by lost 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No! You create your own image for yourself and you can't let anyone else do that for you!
2006-09-08 23:47:49 · answer #7 · answered by faithreleasedjoy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋