MAFIA STEREOTYPES
The Mafia doesn’t exist. This has now been proven false. However, until the Caponnetto Maxi Trial of 1986 this was the most widespread stereotype.
If the Mafia does exist, it is purely a criminal phenomenon. This stereotype still exists and contributes to the underestimation of the problem. If it were a criminal phenomenon pure and simple, it would have already been eradicated a long time ago.
They just kill each other and it has nothing to do with us. Wrong. After a Mafia war, the remaining survivors strengthen their own groups and create more problems.
You shouldn’t talk about the Mafia because you ruin an area’s reputation. A serious error that still persists in almost all of North Italy and partly in Central and South Italy. Not talking about the Mafia means helping it expand.
The paradise island theory. There are no places in our country or in Europe where the Mafia is not present in some form or another. This mistaken assessment still persists today, especially in the Center North.
Poverty gives rise to the Mafia. On the contrary, the Mafia emerges in potentially rich areas and makes them poor. In Sicily, Cosa Nostra was born in the Conca d’Oro with the trafficking of lemons.
The theory of total defeat after the latest arrests. A strategic error committed in 1996. Never sell a bear’s skin before it’s dead.
At one time, the Mafia was good. False, the Mafia has never been good.
You risk sounding racist if you talk about the foreign Mafia. A serious error because talking about it helps the honest foreigners.
We don’t make any progress. False. In Italy, progress has been made. Though it isn’t enough, action needs to be taken on an international level. It’s worse in Europe.
We only get the money from the recycling of Mafiosi. Many Mafiosi don’t turn up. False. Later, Mafiosi turn up.
The Mafia is invincible. Not true. They have undergone a remarkable amount of damage.
The Mafia provides jobs. False. If this were true, Reggio Calabria, Palermo and Naples would have no unemployment.
The Mafia is a virus. A mutating virus. Overcoming stereotypes is the vaccine and the first step in beating it.
The Mafia doesn’t exist. This has now been proven false. However, until the Caponnetto Maxi Trial of 1986 this was the most widespread stereotype.
If the Mafia does exist, it is purely a criminal phenomenon. This stereotype still exists and contributes to the underestimation of the problem. If it were a criminal phenomenon pure and simple, it would have already been eradicated a long time ago.
They just kill each other and it has nothing to do with us. Wrong. After a Mafia war, the remaining survivors strengthen their own groups and create more problems.
You shouldn’t talk about the Mafia because you ruin an area’s reputation. A serious error that still persists in almost all of North Italy and partly in Central and South Italy. Not talking about the Mafia means helping it expand.
The paradise island theory. There are no places in our country or in Europe where the Mafia is not present in some form or another. This mistaken assessment still persists today, especially in the Center North.
Poverty gives rise to the Mafia. On the contrary, the Mafia emerges in potentially rich areas and makes them poor. In Sicily, Cosa Nostra was born in the Conca d’Oro with the trafficking of lemons.
The theory of total defeat after the latest arrests. A strategic error committed in 1996. Never sell a bear’s skin before it’s dead.
At one time, the Mafia was good. False, the Mafia has never been good.
You risk sounding racist if you talk about the foreign Mafia. A serious error because talking about it helps the honest foreigners.
We don’t make any progress. False. In Italy, progress has been made. Though it isn’t enough, action needs to be taken on an international level. It’s worse in Europe.
We only get the money from the recycling of Mafiosi. Many Mafiosi don’t turn up. False. Later, Mafiosi turn up.
The Mafia is invincible. Not true. They have undergone a remarkable amount of damage.
The Mafia provides jobs. False. If this were true, Reggio Calabria, Palermo and Naples would have no unemployment.
The Mafia is a virus. A mutating virus. Overcoming stereotypes is the vaccine and the first step in beating it.