Originally Posted By: IvyLeague
No, it's not. Anyone who claims any of these guys even came close to rivaling the five families is either ignorant or engaging in blatant revisionist history. Thats not racism saying that, just the facts. That it's even a question, especially when we're talking pre-1980s, is surprising. Maybe too much watching Hoodlum or American Gangster. And incidentally, the mob never looked at Bumpy Johnson as an equal. He was basically the front man for the Genovese family in the black community.


Very well said Ivy. I think a lot of the guys in here are very young and have seen too many of those movies.