Research Paper On Central Park
In the spring of 1989, Trisha Meili
After five Latino and African American teenagers were convicted for the rape of Trisha Ellen Meili, Despite the race, class and racism, the mass media played a huge role in the conviction of The Central Park Five.
Within the week of April 19-22, 1989. there were twenty-eight other first degree rapes or attempted rapes. Although sexual violence is a problem that has been occurring for a (long) time, these twenty-nine raped did not have the “wow factor” to make the front page of every newspaper in the nation. The Location of the Central Park captured the writers of huge newspapers. During the late 1980’s early 1990’s, Central Park was viewed as a “peaceful place”, that connected the corporate money-making and financial capitals” ( How our fear of “wilding colored the central park5)It was a place where New Yorkers went jogging. This made the case extremely sensitive to fellow joggers. Lizette Alvarez, Daily news writer, thought “the crime was horrendous” and “offended the human sensibility.” Many women, such as Lynell Hancock were able to sympathize . Not just as a fellow jogger but as a women.
If the crime would have occurred in any other park, it would have been terrible, but not as terrible as in Central Park (reference movie) …show more content…
Out of twenty-eight rape reports, the Central Park Five case was the first and only to introduce the word “wilding.” The mistake of several journalists was the inability to comprehend the term -wilding. The term wilding is defined as “new teenage slang for rampaging in wolfpacks; attacking people just for the fun of it” (reference the movie “Central Park 5”). According to (reference high profile p.32), the word originated from Ton Loc’s “Wild Thing” (quote lyrics). Other reports say police told them, the five teenagers were “singing and laughing” to Loc’s “Wild Thing” while being questioned. ( reference poynter
After five Latino and African American teenagers were convicted for the rape of Trisha Ellen Meili, Despite the race, class and racism, the mass media played a huge role in the conviction of The Central Park Five.
Within the week of April 19-22, 1989. there were twenty-eight other first degree rapes or attempted rapes. Although sexual violence is a problem that has been occurring for a (long) time, these twenty-nine raped did not have the “wow factor” to make the front page of every newspaper in the nation. The Location of the Central Park captured the writers of huge newspapers. During the late 1980’s early 1990’s, Central Park was viewed as a “peaceful place”, that connected the corporate money-making and financial capitals” ( How our fear of “wilding colored the central park5)It was a place where New Yorkers went jogging. This made the case extremely sensitive to fellow joggers. Lizette Alvarez, Daily news writer, thought “the crime was horrendous” and “offended the human sensibility.” Many women, such as Lynell Hancock were able to sympathize . Not just as a fellow jogger but as a women.
If the crime would have occurred in any other park, it would have been terrible, but not as terrible as in Central Park (reference movie) …show more content…
Out of twenty-eight rape reports, the Central Park Five case was the first and only to introduce the word “wilding.” The mistake of several journalists was the inability to comprehend the term -wilding. The term wilding is defined as “new teenage slang for rampaging in wolfpacks; attacking people just for the fun of it” (reference the movie “Central Park 5”). According to (reference high profile p.32), the word originated from Ton Loc’s “Wild Thing” (quote lyrics). Other reports say police told them, the five teenagers were “singing and laughing” to Loc’s “Wild Thing” while being questioned. ( reference poynter