The continuing portrayal of italian americans as gangsters is an example of: ethnocentrism or respectable bigotry or nativism or xenophobia.

Option: Respectable bigotry

Explanation:

After coming to America, Italians have also faced discrimination in the hand of Americans. American had respectable bigotry against Italians immigrants by portraying them as gangsters or as mafia. Respectable bigotry happens when intolerance against ethnic groups is seen as unacceptable. American Italians as mafia in a television commercial and in serials, led in the stereotype behavior among the Americans.  

apart from being against desegregation, governor of georgia eugene talmadge opposed as well to the work progress administration, an ambitious program of the "new deal" created by president franklin d. roosevelt to overcome the great depression after world war i. talmadge disagreed with welfare spending, job training and organized labor. according to his ideas, he thought the government was spending too much money on this, and he wasn't willing to accept a wage higher than georgia's lower average wage. besides, talmadge strongly opposed to the "new deal" as he thought it had communist ideas.