Real World alumnus Norman Korpi returns to TV, and the UP
Norman Korpi, an original cast member on The Real World in 1992 and a Michigan native, recently reconnected with his former roommates for the reunion The Real World Homecoming: New York. Written By: Christa Lawler | ×
Norman Korpi talks with a visitor after completing his shift at Rigoni’s Bakery in Ironwood, Mich., on Tuesday, April 6, 2021. Korpi was in the original cast of “The Real World: New York,” which is available for streaming on Paramount+. Korpi recently moved back to his native Michigan. (Steve Kuchera / skuchera@duluthnews.com)
IRONWOOD, Mich. Norman Korpi and the six other former strangers picked to live together in 1992 an MTV experiment to find out what happens when people stop being polite and start getting real returned to the same 6,000-square-foot space on Broadway on Jan. 6, the day of the attack on the U.S. Capitol building.
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Cities are grappling with how to change police departments. As Minneapolis shows, there are no easy answers.
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What Is the Future of Policing?
As testimony in former Police Officer Derek Chauvin’s murder trial enters its third week and tensions rise over a police shooting in a nearby city,
Minneapolis once again finds itself at the forefront of a debate seared with a legacy of racial injustice: What is the future of policing in America, and what’s the best way to get there?
Many people agree that policing needs to change it’s impossible to watch the video of George Floyd’s final breath and think otherwise, they say but they’re split on how that should happen, especially in the aftermath of nationwide demonstrations that demanded departments reform even as they angered many police officers who felt unfairly vilified.
In 1992, as an uprising broke out across Los Angeles in the wake of the Rodney King trial, Kevin Powell, a 26-year-old writer and teacher, got into a heated fight with Julie Gentry, a 19-year-old white woman from Alabama, on the streets of SoHo. Documented in the first season of âThe Real World,â their argument about racism and white privilege became an iconic moment in the history of reality TV.
Throughout the season, Powell, the only Black man in the downtown Manhattan loft, spoke passionately about the discrimination he faced daily and challenged his fellow cast members on their naivete. Some of his roommates â and many viewers at the time â accused him of being overly confrontational. But viewed in 2021, the era of Black Lives Matter, Powellâs words seem more prescient than anything.