Peace and Blessings Family,
I've seen reports that Al Sharpton was an FBI informant, providing evidence against the mafia.
I didn't know that black people could be "in" the mafia ... i've never seen that on tv ...
So is it possible ... can black people rise to high levels in the mafia?
Have any examples / names?
Thanks in advance.
Destee
Other than becoming an "associate," which someone has mentioned already, the Costra Nostra, which is to say, Mafia, restricts membership in this fashion to Sicilian men only:
Membership[edit]
Membership in Cosa Nostra is open only to Sicilian men. A candidate cannot be a relative or have any close links with a lawman, such as a policeman or a judge. There is no strict age limit: boys as young as sixteen have been initiated.[106] A prospective mafioso is carefully tested for obedience, discretion, courage, ruthlessness and skill at espionage.[12][106] He is almost always required to commit murder as his ultimate trial,[12]even if he doesn't plan to be a career assassin. The act of murder is to prove his sincerity (i.e. he is not an undercover policeman) and to bind him into silence (i.e. he cannot breakomertà without facing murder charges himself).
Other than its members, Cosa Nostra makes extensive use of "associates". These are people who work for or aid a clan (or even multiple clans) but are not treated as true members. These include corrupt officials and prospective mafiosi. An associate is considered by the mafiosi nothing more than a tool, someone that they can "use", or "nothing mixed with nil."[12]
History[edit]
The genesis of Cosa Nostra is hard to trace because mafiosi are very secretive and do not keep historical records of their own. In fact, they have been known to spread deliberate lies about their past, and sometimes come to believe in their own myths.[14]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sicilian_Mafia#Structure_and_composition
Based on the above, neither Sharpton or any non Sicilian could ever be a member nor rise to any level within the group.