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* V. Q9 r( R! R; |$ p u. D# L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.9 b1 \( n8 j) D, o
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So for his answer, Ahmed — who is a senior at Princeton Day School in5 e0 h( g3 \" B) Z/ L2 {( ~5 F
Princeton, New Jersey — wrote #BlackLivesMatter exactly 100 times. The2 y4 w. R1 l9 q! u$ f# j6 K4 P
risky decision paid off. On Friday, Ahmed received his acceptance letter
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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; ?. m1 [% \+ X0 ^5 O
at all, but it's quite refreshing to see that they view my unapologetic0 }" K) h, e. N* x9 V9 E) [1 B; f
activism as an asset rather than a liability."9 `: a9 b2 J7 n0 b, Q; d) P
/ ^7 a* s; W* n3 B2 vOn Saturday, Ahmed posted his answer and acceptance letter on Twitter with the hashtag #BlackLivesMatter. The tweet now has over 700 retweets and over: M% R8 Y) }6 X% C1 l, K2 R
2,000 likes. It has also been retweeted by members of Campaign Zero, a8 F5 c, T4 J. ?+ ^
police reform campaign, and some of its founders, Brittany Packnett and- k& t2 l$ u. k
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