Originally Posted by MolochioInduced
Gregory Scarpa was Northern Italian, if I remember correctly. I think he may have had to endure some prejudice while coming up, as a result, prior to becoming the Grim Reaper.


That’s correct. Sicilians and southern Calabrese were the majority in the american mafia at one point early on but in general southern Italians were always involved. Northern Italians were a minority but some still thrived in organized crime like Scapra and Canterino despite prejudice early on.