skilled educated cosmopolitan Less cosmopolitan Protestant Farmers unskilled didn t own land Light Skinned 85 were illiterate Industry Backwards culture White collar labor Catholic Northern came in Formative Wave Southern came in Second Wave From Italy Uni ed in 1870 North Italy vs Southern Italy Formative Italian Migration Northern Southern Italians in Italy 26 000 people voluntary Light skinned protestant w money Positive stereotypes set bad stereotypes for Southern Italians NY CA FL Citrus FL Vineyards CA Groceries NY Northerns were only Italians in US for 100 years Model Immigrants Criminally inclined mongrels The family Contadini Day laborer works land that someone else owns catholic church governments Family are only people you can trust Amoral Familism family is most important thing keep up family name honor People are basically bad Men s honor Vendetta family fueds Romeo Juliet Women s honor keeping her virtue being a virgin The showing of the sheets If shunned nunery or prostitution Non institutional catholic church Prayer daily relationship with God Religion Roman Catholicism Magic Good Evil forces all the time spiritual world Southern Italians in America Second Wave 7 million Italians between 1880 1920 Same 4 blocks of NYC Little Italy Return Migration US doesn t like this Catholic Church is push factor Chain migration 1880 70 practiced return migration took 1 million from US back to Italy Italians don t have any money Push factor Roman catholic church They end up in NYC lower east side They come in big numbers 7 million Stereotypes negative violent criminals Which kind of immigration did italians practice chain migration and return Ethnic Enclaves much like chinese they act as if there are no laws in the US among themselves there will be division Best at creating ethnic enclaves They do not assimilate there culture is still present in their everyday lives Southern Italians in America he is in it for money he gets 20 of your paycheck the job goes away in the 1920 s so the job isn t necessary anymore They are not skilled laborers The US wanted unskilled laborers due to industrial revolution Padrone an individual who comes from southern italy and when the boats come to the docks they hold signs and welcome new immigrants of the same area They help people nd jobs a place to live He will be on good terms with people working in factories He will get you a better job than if you were to nd one yourself Sweat Shops early sweat shop a bunch of women in a room with hot coals for ironing after revolution the sweat shops become more sophisticated a b Children working in sweat shops very dangerous not in school Italians tell their kids they need to go to work They do not trust public schools children as young as 3 would work in a shop Once your 8 years old and are a girl you are brought out of the sweat shop You want kids working in sweat shops because they can crawl in small places With about 15 people working together italians could make 20 a week Mutual Aid Societies form due to italians wanting to help eachother out Even though they are not trustworthy they need to nd ways to help one another groups of people that come together people from your same community town that you are in good terms with and help each other out all eat dinner together live together to save money Live this way until everyone has enough money for independence help educate children help afford to bury a family member about 2 000 mutual aid societies sort of a welfare system Prohibition southern italians have access to alcohol from other countries Ma a develop due to the mutual aid society Only southern italians are in ma a 1920 s Ma a Myth created by the yellow press Involves two different points 1 All southern italians are involved in organized crime 2 All organized crime is the ma a of southern italians involved in the ma a 0003 Yellow Press newspapers that make stuff up National Inquirer Al Capone very famous gure Guy that everyone knew he was involved in illegal activity But no one could arrest him because he had people who would do things for him He helped promote the ma a myth due to all his media unions allow them to go on strike ask for better pay etc Blue Collar workers people who get in there and do stuff re gher ex A lot of southern italians partake in blue collar WW2 Internment southern italians were put into interment camps for ww2 happened to japanese also Italians were looked at as a threat so they were put into war Frank Sinatra helped out the Italians image He provided entertainment Rosie the Riveter a southern italian laborer also helped the italian image The rate of assimilation and acculturation is based on where you live Southern italians who live in the US today are a bit more institutional They are still immigrating Their criminal stereotype still persists
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