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5 e- O: I# n+ S; V9 O' Y2 G' e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.
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9 D1 \' P* W( [% f% gSo for his answer, Ahmed — who is a senior at Princeton Day School in7 l* y! ]$ E2 k; w5 b
Princeton, New Jersey — wrote #BlackLivesMatter exactly 100 times. The5 y1 Q+ K; f2 S* {# j# Q
risky decision paid off. On Friday, Ahmed received his acceptance letter- w; C* M2 Q! }% v. Z+ E% B
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 B' m4 a2 o* n+ x6 K
at all, but it's quite refreshing to see that they view my unapologetic+ l( Y! @) r- {4 Y% ?
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$ n7 _; p, q8 F6 i# \) v0 U
2,000 likes. It has also been retweeted by members of Campaign Zero, a
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