Living in the Real World

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Mohammed was recently featured on the podcast, Hot Takes and Deep Dives. In his conversation with host, Jess Rothschild, he unpacks his experience back in 1994 as a cast member on MTV’s Real World: San Francisco.

From questions about freedom for people of different backgrounds to MTV legal challenges to HIV awareness and Mo’s relationship with Pedro, the two dive deep, exploring a range of issues presented in the show and off-camera, while bringing it forward to how it all has influenced Mohammed’s work with diversity, equity, and inclusion today. You won’t want to miss this engaging episode!

Humane

think about my face

& know it to be different than any other face on this planet

touch my hands

& know that if cloned my

clone's hands would not be the same

for my hands have been shaped by spirit and the erosions of time

look at my eyes

& though they are brown--

it is an unreplicable brown

a brown composed of brownlessness

feel my heart

& know that I am human

it beats aggressively w/ life,

its rhythm unique

I AM UNDEFINABLE

I know that I am both human/spirit

at one w/ all & none

neither black nor white nor red nor blue nor any such

insufficiency

I am not

though I am

like rain is wet

like love