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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.
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So for his answer, Ahmed — who is a senior at Princeton Day School in
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+ Q" `- Q h& f; {risky decision paid off. On Friday, Ahmed received his acceptance letter
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/ t3 a# J" j( n4 q"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& P' e, Y" @1 z! K. k6 A
at all, but it's quite refreshing to see that they view my unapologetic
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& d; `0 A- {9 U" j6 {0 EOn Saturday, Ahmed posted his answer and acceptance letter on Twitter with the hashtag #BlackLivesMatter. The tweet now has over 700 retweets and over7 [$ D9 F' a/ Z* F
2,000 likes. It has also been retweeted by members of Campaign Zero, a# J. a! }. t) [
police reform campaign, and some of its founders, Brittany Packnett and( R! l, B% y, P, v, y" V
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