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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.% C; m3 r0 `2 s$ q9 C0 i
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risky decision paid off. On Friday, Ahmed received his acceptance letter' G& x5 x! j6 i* v' @% X
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6 G& u" j9 J! U, p4 D"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
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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
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police reform campaign, and some of its founders, Brittany Packnett and
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