Evolution of an Idea
Jeanne d'Arc, Body and Soul: "And what interests me is... the myth. It's a theme that weave through a lot of stories I write -- the way a belief, often a mistaken one, influences the choices we make, the world we create."
Atrios: "Jeanne D'Arc on the power of myth and the Central Park jogger story."
Well, well, so many common interests! I too am interested in the Central Park Jogger story, and I too am interested in the making of myths. Of course, the myth that interests me is the treatment of this Central Park Jogger story in the blogosphere, but still, I expect we will find much to discuss.
I will be away all weekend, but I expect to take this up next week. Two of my posts on this subject are here, and here. Those can be followed to other stories.
Those two posts are long and serious - quite a strain on me and my readership, really, since short and snippy is more my flavor. Hard to predict next week's tone. Serious, or snarky? Engage the other side in thoughtful discussion, or go the "scorn and ridicule" route? I don't know myself. Can't wait 'til next week, though.
Briefly, the Central Park Jogger incident involved the violent rape of a young white woman in Central Park back in April of 1989. Based primarily on their own video-taped confessions, four black youths, aged 14 to 16 at the time, were convicted of her rape, and a fifth was convicted of sexual assault. Good police work, or blatant racism and police "coercion"? Sensible verdict, or gross injustice? The reaction of the blogosphere has been fascinating.
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