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大家围观一下美国当代的白卷英雄,一个穆斯林娃在申请普林斯顿申请书上写了一百个#blacklifematter, 被录取了!When Ziad Ahmed was asked "What matters to you, and why?" on his Stanford University application, only one thing came to mind: #BlackLivesMatter.2 l C8 h& c; n. t
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So for his answer, Ahmed — who is a senior at Princeton Day School in
# b. [) _' B) ~* z8 X s( `Princeton, New Jersey — wrote #BlackLivesMatter exactly 100 times. The. w0 |5 ~- S7 v3 b/ J$ p* s$ E
risky decision paid off. On Friday, Ahmed received his acceptance letter r/ `( B( f3 k2 q- P
from Stanford.
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"I was actually stunned when I opened the update and saw that I was admitted ," Ahmed said in an email. "I didn't think I would get admitted to Stanford; q" q4 N9 R& ~# F- m) p+ \2 I
at all, but it's quite refreshing to see that they view my unapologetic) k& |3 T8 C! d
activism as an asset rather than a liability."
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On Saturday, Ahmed posted his answer and acceptance letter on Twitter with the hashtag #BlackLivesMatter. The tweet now has over 700 retweets and over- g. W8 P$ Z! j
2,000 likes. It has also been retweeted by members of Campaign Zero, a
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Samuel Sinyangwe. |
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