The Causes Of The Death Of Maylin Reynoso's History

On July 27th, 2015 a young woman named Maylin Reynoso went missing. She was last seen leaving her job at a gas station and after this her friends and family went to social media to ask people if they had any information about where Maylin could be. Other than these posts on Instagram, Tumbler, and Facebook there was no news coverage about her disappearance. Sadly, Maylin’s body was found three day later in the Harlem River, she was only 20 years old; although she had been found dead there was still no news coverage about her (Blay, 2016). The worst part of her death was that her family did not know about her body being found until a week later. The family was only able to identify Maylin’s body because of her tattoos. During that same week

The main difference between these two cases were the women’s races; Maylin was Dominican while Karina was Italian-American. Maylin did not get the news coverage she deserved and I believe that the main reason for this was because she was a Latina. Hispanics are the largest minority in the United States and many times they are seen as a disturbance to the community. I believe that there are certain people that do not like Hispanics living in the United States. Many believe that we are all immigrants and are living off of welfare; when the reality is much different from this. Racism still exists and the stereotypes surrounding Hispanics are more negative than positive. In Maylin’s case, the authorities believed that she had most likely ran away, rather than had been kidnapped. Why was her disappearance not seen for what it was? The negative stereotypes surrounding Hispanic women is unacceptable, they are believed to be overly sensual and feisty women. There is nothing wrong with a woman’s sexuality or energetic personality, but the way that media has shaped these negative stereotypes of Hispanic women has created a bad reputation for

The police had decided that Maylin had most likely been involved in a situation that had put her life in danger. This is a racist act on the authority’s side because they had preconceived ideas that because Maylin was Latina she had something to do with her disappearance. Yet, Karina who had been found murdered was not ever accused of being involved in her own death. She was automatically viewed as an innocent victim in a situation that ended in her death. On the other hand, Maylin was viewed as some type of criminal who chose to be in that horrible situation that lead to her death. I know that if I were to go missing that I would want to receive equal media coverage as Karina had when she went missing. It’s only fair that all missing women, men, and children get equal media coverage when they go missing. Stereotypes should not come into play when people’s lives could possibly be in danger. After thorough investigation, if any information comes to light saying that the person who is missing had some type of involvement in their own disappearance, then it would be fair to bring that to the media’s