18. Last post: due July 8

 Take a look at the following sites and comment/reply:

Italian American Slang (Broccolinese)

The Mob's Ten Commandments

A Lombroso-Style Experiment

17. Due July 8

First, search on the U.S. Census website  the number of Americans of Italian descent (self reported, thus approximate, but those are the best data available.)

Second: search on the FBI website the estimate on the number of active members of Italian American organized crime (Mafia, the mob, Cosa Nostra, however you want to call it.)

Now, find out the percentage of Italian Americans that are considered to be active members of the mob.

DO NOT DISCLOSE THE DATA (you will answer a question in the final) but you are welcome to comment/reply here --- are you surprised at what you found out?


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YOUR STORIES (no deadline)

BONUS for class:

tell a story that fits with the theme of our texts.