The Italians

• Author(s): C. J. Shane,
• Publisher: Greenhaven Press
• Pages: 208
• ISBN_10: 0737727659
  ISBN_13: 9780737727654
  
• Language: en
• Categories: History / Europe / Italy , History / United States / General , History / Americas (North, Central, South, West Indies) , Social Science / Anthropology / Cultural & Social , Social Science / Emigration & Immigration , Social Science / Ethnic Studies / General , Social Science / Ethnic Studies / American / European American Studies , Social Science / Sociology / General ,

Description:... Like other immigrant groups, Italians struggled against poverty and prejudice on their way to achieving the American Dream. Unlike other immigrants, however, Italian Americans were unfairly stereotyped as uniformly associated with crime. The ethnic label as criminal mafiosi persists to this day and Italian Americans continue to fight this pejorative ethnic stereotyping.