Bronx Tale: Groups and Micro-Macro Dynamics

In the movie, The Bronx Tale, Collogero belongs to many groups. He belongs to Sonny’s crew, his family, his own “crew” of friends, the group that consists of Jane and himself, the Italian group, the Sonny and Collogero group, and the community that he lives in. I think that Collogero belongs mostly in a group alone with Sonny. Collogero and Sonny had a special bond, Sonny was like a second father to “Cee”. Sonny was always there for Collogero and gave him advice in life and to make the right decisions along the way. He somewhat could be put in Sonny’s crew, but when he was with the crew he spent most of his time with Sonny by his side. Sonny cared for Collogero like he was his son, he looked out for him and told him that who he was hanging out with was not the road that he should be taking. He wanted Cee to become successful and stay in school, he didn’t want him making the wrong decisions and ending up with a life like his. Collogero’s master status was being Sonny’s “boy”, he was one of Sonny’s main guys. Many people would treat Collogero with respect after becoming apart of his crew. He was more noticed, and became popular among his community. He was known as “Cee” everywhere he went, Sonny gave him that name when he was a boy. Sonny treated him well, Cee was respected now that he rolled with Sonny. I think that that was his master status because if he wasn’t known as Sonny’s boy, people would’ve treated him as just plain old Collogero, a son of a bus driver. He became well known and wanted to use the status as an advantage. He enjoyed being affiliated with Sonny and his crew. I think that throughout the movie his master status stayed constant, he loved that he was Sonny’s boy that sometimes his dad was jealous that he spent more time with Sonny than him. In the end, he realized that he could be a part of Sonny’s crew but still be himself.
There was a lot of racism seen in the movie. Throughout the movie, people were hated by the color they were and the neighborhood they came from. When one race entered another races territory they were discriminated on and hated by the people who lived in that community. In the movie, Collogero ends up liking a colored girl, Jane. He was very skeptical about the dating situation and didn’t know how people among his race and in his groups/ community would react. Collogero and Jane were separated by the different “worlds” they came from. They both lived in totally different neighborhoods and were different colors; it didn’t stop them from dating because they truly liked each other. When Collogero stepped foot in Jane’s neighborhood, he was hated and yelled at by people from Jane’s community. They were yelling at Collogero telling him to leave and go back where he belongs. Another situation was when the blacks entered Collogero’s neighborhood. A few black teens were riding their bikes through the neighborhood and Collogero’s friends jumped the teens and beat them up until they were not able to walk. These boys did nothing to disturb their community, it was the fact that these boys were black that they were being beat up.