Some research demonstrates that many former and current mafia "made men" and non-made men who are less than half italian ross to ranking positions:

TO START WITH, FIVE OF THE ORIGINAL LA COSA NOSTRA MEN TO BE MADE AND WHO SERVED ON THE COMMISSION WERE JEWISH!! THEY HELPED TO FORMALIZE AND DETERMINE ONE RITUAL TO BE USED IN MAKING MEN THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY. THEIR NAMES WERE MEYER LANSKY, BUGSY SIEGEL, LOUIS BUCHALTER, DUTCH SCHULTZ AND ABNER ZWELLMAN. TIMOTHY MURPHY AN IRISH MEN ALSO SERVED ON THE COMMISSION.

1) RUBY STEIN (JEWISH-MADE GAMBINO SOLDIER)
2) CHRIS DEMEO (JEWISH...CHANGED NAME FROM ROSENBURG...SOLDIER IN ROY DEMEO'S CREW...ASSUMED HIS SURNAME IN ORDER TO BE MADE)
3) JOHN GOTTI (LESS THAN HALF)
4) JOHN GOTTI, JR. (LESS THAN 1/3)
5) Ron Previto (Bruno family turncoat. Former cop. Greek, Albanian and Italian. Capo in charge of Atlantic City Rackets)
6) Anthony Rabbio (Less than 1/2 - Bonnano Consig
7) Tino Fiumura (Current Genovesse Street Boss - almost all Irish and Greek)
8) Carmine Persico (Jailes Columbo Boss - Less than 1/2)
9) Alphonse Persico (Was acting Columbo Boss when brother Carmine went to jail. Now also incarcerated)
10) Benjamin Franz (Current Columbo Underboss - German and Scottish)
11) Ralph Perna (Luchese NJ Boss - Assumed His Old Boss Johnathan Perna's last name to be made)
12) Daniel "The Lion" Leo (Soon to Be Released Former Genovesse Boss. Mostly Albanian)
13) Peter Gotti (former Gambino boss - less than 1/2)
14) Jonathan Barbato (Genovess Capo who's father allegedly changed their last name from Feldman)
15) Patsy Papello (Genovese Capo - Mostly Irish)
16) Matty Ianello (Genovese Capo - about 1/2)
17) Frank Gagi (Gambino Capo - <.5)
18) Steven Crea (Luchese Boss) - Half Ukranian)

Further, there were recently interviews with Dominick Cirillo formerly a made soldier in the Roy Demeo crew; Ron Previto (less than half, former cop, Capo and head of NJ Operations for Bruno family) and Phil Leonetti (former Nick Scarfo underboss).

THEY ALL SAY THAT THE RULES ARE ALL CHANGED NOW. THE COMMISSION DOESNT MEET, FAMILIES ARE RUN INCREASINGLY BY GOVERNING PANELS, TOP EARNERS DO NOT WANT TO BE "MADE" OR RECEIVE POSITIONS OF TITLE FOR FEAR OF PROSECUTION. THEY ALSO ALL STATE THAT THE MOPB FAMILIES ARE ALL ABOUT MAKING MONEY AND STRUCTURE THEMSELVES ACCORDINGLY.

THEY SAID THE RULE IN THE LATE EIGHTIES AND NINETIES WAS THAT YOU COULD BE MADE EVEN IF NOT ITALIAN IF YOU CHANGED YOUR SURNAME. TODAY THEY SAY ANYONE WHO IS WHITE, A TOP EARNER AND A GOOD MANAGER CAN BECOME A CAPO OR EVEN ULTIMATELY A BOSS AND FREQUENTLY DO. MOST ARE NOT NECCESARILY MADE BUT SOME ARE.

DOMINICK CIRILLO STATES THAT THE GAMBINO FAMILY STOPPED A FORMAL CEREMONY FOR MADE MEN AFTER A LIST OF RECENTLY MADE MEMBERS OF THAT FAMILY WAS FOUND BY DETECTIVES IN JOHN GOTTI, JR.'S BASEMENT.

WITH REFERENCE TO THE GENOVESSE FAMILY IN PARTICULAR CIRILLO STATED THAT THEY CARE LEAST AMONG FAMILIES ABOUT A PERSONS HERITAGE AND MOST ABOUT THEIR COMPETENCE. HE STATES THAT THAT IS WHY THEY ARE FARING BETTER THAN OTHER FAMILIES AND ARE CONSIDERED THE ROLLS ROYCE OF LA COSA NOSTRA FAMILIES.

I'm not trying to be a jerk, but i have spent my whole life in these neighborhoods and have seen with my own eyes how drastically things have changed.

I guess I get aggravated when people who havent lived in the enviornment stick to old rules or rules that never were but were presented as such in movies.

Im just encouraging everyone to look at the mob as an evolving and changing organization. The only way an organization like La Cosa Nostra has been able to prevail in such an enormously diverse and transient city is by evolving with the times.