I don’t know anything about white crime families and what they have done. But, I am pretty sure there are differences between these families which make Italian crime orgs more visible than white crime families. One of them of c is their country of origin and other differences like languages, food, etc.
I am pretty sure Italians were disproportionately involved in criming than native americans even in 1940. Crime per capita probably was more which is one of the greater reasons they became popular. Again, the fear of foreigners and differences also have to do with this.
If America was less racist, you wouldn’t hear about country of origin in crime
it’s not racist to recognize patterns and these are not false patterns the human brain is perceiving (which it does do very often)
If a people from a certain country or race are doing well or poorly in america, it’s not racist to notice it.