Minorities could never form a true mafia in this country because they can't corrupt the police, the way Italians, Jews, and the Irish did. Without cops on the take, a gang can't get much further than gang status. Suge Knight was on his way to forming a mob, then look how hard the indictments came down on the LAPD people he was connected to. Coincidence? Probably not.
"...the successful annihilation of organized crime's subculture in America would rock the 'legitimate' world's foundation, which would ultimately force fundamental social changes and redistributions of wealth and power in this country. Meyer Lansky's dream was to bond the two worlds together so that one could not survive without the other." - Dan E. Moldea
