Race and Stereo - type

Italian - Americans  through out time in the USA, and through out the world have been associated with the ' Mafia' with the help of  media and television this has been accepted by the American people. However films such as 'The God Father', 'Good Fellas' and many other Gangster films have created a negative effect on the Italian Americans showing them to be Violent and glorifying them through their extravagant lifestyle and wealth. These films however have done exceedingly well at the box office due to it appealing to the public and through this many Italian Americans have accepted it as their heritage. Through out America the Italian American Mafia has been a large wide spread phenomena with the likes of Al Capone one of the most infamous and powerful Gangsters of all time who was an Italian - American names like this have created the idea of the Mafia as being Italian - American and have created a stereotype through this by using Italian - American Characters in Films such as God Father and Good Fellas and throughout the media has been used.