I don't know, why don't you ask Matty Madonna and Herbie Sperling and Joey Gallo.. The O.P. states black gangs but there are numerous instances of the Mafia affiliating, associating and doing business with other ethnicities historically. You have Casso and Balagula, Paul Castellano ordered Nino Gaggi to instruct Roy DeMeo to murder Chris Rosenberg because of the Cuban Crisis in 1979
Barry Seal, Mickey Mundae, the Cocaine Cowboys and Don Aronow were all non Hispanic Whites and all associated and worked with the Colombian cartels.
On a street gang level it becomes not only about ethnicities but about poverty which cuts across all ethnicities in this country. One needs only to venture into poverty stricken areas in Arkansas, Mississippi, Kentucky, Michigan, Illinois and West Virginia where the quest for affordable housing blends different ethnicities together, White, Black and Hispanics.
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CNote, we are talking about two completely different things here. The Mafia has aways done business across all ethnic lines who they feel can further their goals and objectives. But they are NOT "joining" these gangs. They are only "interacting" with them. And they are NOT allowing these gangs to join the mafia. They are only utilizing them as needed. These people are viewed as "outsiders" to mafiosi. You know that, don't you?
As far as Mississippi, Arkansas, Kentucky, etc., with all do respect those are all bumblefuck towns as far as Cosa Nostra is concerned, and those cities and towns have little to do with traditional Cosa Nostra. You won't find a single mafioso or Italian racket guy operating there. Thats a completely different dynamic,mind set and culture. 1000%
And ghetto dwellers are ghetto dwellers. That is NOT Cosa Nostra, or its mindset.
