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Someone voiced something like that drugs were for animals like n*ggers, and who cared what they did to each other. I kind of thought Vito might be someone on this side of the issue too, thinking it too foul, but you never know.

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The book goes into greater detail on this. The other Dons look down on the Detroit Don as he is always saying this kind of thing. They see the black community as so far below them that it doesn't warrant mention of any kind; they ignore the Detroit Don's foolishness for even bringing up the topic.

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I do remember reading that in the book (which is truly better than the movie).

Not to change the subject, but obviously in NY these different ethnic groups were fairly racist, but obviously worked together. Especially the Italians, Jews, and Irish. I wonder why not the african-americans. I mean some of the most famous gangsters were jewish. Were the cultures just "too" different from the black culture?

craig