Cultural Competence And The Media - 1902 Words

Cultural competence has been a heavy topic throughout class, the way we view different races, cultures, and walks of life generates from the way these groups are portrayed in the media. If we never get a chance to have direct contact with those from other walks of life, we began to group these different races or cultures together and think everyone is the same way as those we see in movies and on television. Although, we heavily discussed Latinos who have migrated to the states, we rarely touched on the third and largest immigrant group to come from Europe. The Italian Americans who came to the U.S. and made a way for not only themselves, but for their families as well. Their stories are not as picture perfect as some we see today and if the media has the chance to tell the story, they all have in some way had a hand in organized crime. Over the years, the media has taken the success and profits that have come from mob movies and have turned the Italian mob lifestyle into a money-mak ing gimmick. The making of mob movies is not as prominent during today’s time in comparison to previous years, but with the lack of movies has come an increase in television shows that are based on the true stories of famous mobsters from the past. With shows like â€Å"Making the Mob: New York Chicago†, â€Å"Mafia’s Greatest Hits†, and the fictional show â€Å"The Sopranos† just to name a few, it shows that a fascination for the mobster lifestyle is still very strong today. 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