Andsoinmycountryyou'reseeingahorrorshow.You'reseeingaretrenchmentintermsoffamilyincome,you'reseeingtheabandonmentofbasicservices,suchaspubliceducation,functionalpubliceducation.You'reseeingtheunderclasshuntedthroughanallegedwarondangerousdrugsthatisinfactmerelyawaronthepoorandhasturnedusintothemostincarcerativestateinthehistoryofmankind,intermsofthesheernumbersofpeoplewe'veputinAmericanprisonsandthepercentageofAmericansweputintoprisons.NoothercountryonthefaceoftheEarthjailspeopleatthenumberandratethatweare.

BlackandLatinoinmatesaccountformorethan90percentofinmateswithgangenhancements;fewerthan3percentarewhite

relentless iconiza- tion of film Italian-Americans not only as popular cultural embodiments of their ethnic group,

In 1934, the Philippines, a United States protectorate, had its immigration quota setat fifty per year; in 1946 following independence, this quota was raised to one hundred!

Whendiditstarttomeansomethingmenacing

“Jewsloseclarity,”hejottedinhis“Notebooks.”“Theygettolooklikeoldmeltedcandles,asiftheirbodieswerepreparingtowaddle.Irishgetslovenlyanddirty.Anglo-Saxonsgetfrayedandworn.”Still,wehavetoadmitthathisportrayalofWolfsheim,ifnottriggeredbyanti-Semitism,certainlyemboldensit.

There was nothing about Mr. Thomas Matlock Braden to mark him as being other than a perfect gentleman," the story began. It took place at a fashionable resort hotel, where Braden "blended perfectly into the tinsel background." Distinguished in ap-pearance, he had an "easy grace of bearing," spoke well, and "dressed with scrupulous care" in "ultraconservative" attire. The conse-quences of the modern obsession with personality were among Co-hen's key concerns.

"You'reworththewholedamnbunchputtogether,"

First,Fleischman'spartybearsastrikingresemblancetoGatsby'sinprovidingguestswithanendlessflowofliquorinopendefianceofProhibitionlaw.

journalist in 1930 could credibly explain why Chicago area y,,, ~ police had no difficulty labeling the headless, legless torso pulled from the bottom of a local canal: "Pin stripe tailoring, diamond stick pin and silk shirt proclaimed him a gangster and a gang victim." 1 For along with business organization and violent criminality, stylish consumption defined the public enemy. As Americans developed a new kind of consumer society, many deployed the gangster in efforts to understand its promises and control its course