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Essay heading: Organized Crime and Media Glamorization
 
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Speakeasies turned into fancy nightclubs, the "gangsters" were seen as almost modern day Robin Hoods. Prohibition also gave rise to the dominance of Italian-Americans in organized criminal activity, starting the public romanticism of the "Cosa Nostra". The Irish and Jewish elasticity that once dominated organized crime in the United States began to engage in legitimate enterprises that were rapidly being made available to them...
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The Irish and Jewish elasticity that once dominated organized crime in the United States began to engage in legitimate enterprises that were rapidly being made available to them. For some reason, many Italian-Americans were denied those same opportunities or simply chose not to embark upon them. I believe this is when the glamorization of the "Mafia" really began...
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