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# V% M7 w8 ~& [1 @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.! X! R' k' s& a& h6 D9 m3 ]' Y
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So for his answer, Ahmed — who is a senior at Princeton Day School in
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risky decision paid off. On Friday, Ahmed received his acceptance letter2 C# `' |9 P2 B p; l, H
from Stanford.
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at all, but it's quite refreshing to see that they view my unapologetic
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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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