[Sunday dinner at the Corleone home... ]
Sonny: Niggers havin' a real good time up in Harlem...

Carlo Rizzi: I knew that was going to happen as soon as they tasted the big money.

Connie: Papa never talked about business in front of the kids.

Carlo Rizzi: Shut up, Connie.

Sonny: Hey, don't you EVER tell her to shut up, you got that?

Mama Corleone: Santino, don't interfere. [Silence reigns around the table for a while]

Carlo Rizzi: Sonny, Tom, I'd like to talk to you after dinner. I think I can do a lot more for this family...

Sonny: We don't discuss business at the table.”
Tagged: racism, Harlem, Business

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