The few Sopranos episodes that dealt with black organizations didn’t exactly paint them in a good light.
That was the 2000s. Before Obama even got into office! Dis be da woke era now. I saw the origins of this in cable shows since: Unnaturally added characters of color to add diversity and they are not only on equal footing, But they possess the moral high ground when compared to the main characters, especially if both are bad guys.