Sep 13, 2019 04:01 PM
At my age I don't care much re political/social issues but when I do read about things like Political Correctness, anti-racism, Woke culture I can't help but think that perhaps their origins have a link to organized crime. Come to think of it, I cared just as much when I was younger. As a kid I remember something called The Italian Defamation League which was inspired by a some small time mob boss. Hell, we used to make jokes about not teasing the Italian kids in the neighbourhood lest we end up wearing cement overshoes. Come to think of it, it's been a while since I've heard anyone mention what's now considered politically incorrect names for Italians and seems I'm probably more likely to hear such terms from an Italian. Sound familiar?
In the interest of just having some fun, I dug up some archived story from NY Times...
https://www.nytimes.com/1970/07/05/archi...image.html
Well I guess if we can thank the Mob for organized gambling then maybe it isn't that much of a stretch to thank them for current political/social issues .
In the interest of just having some fun, I dug up some archived story from NY Times...
https://www.nytimes.com/1970/07/05/archi...image.html
Well I guess if we can thank the Mob for organized gambling then maybe it isn't that much of a stretch to thank them for current political/social issues .