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7 ^; y9 ~5 F' i5 c1 h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.7 ~/ \/ `- {1 b/ o! ^& R
6 ~; n3 E7 R) t+ p" zSo 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 letter6 H; m! j, {7 E( ?# q; F
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3 ]! P' T# B* Q! k% l7 V7 y! ?"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, u) v2 X5 s- {' g6 p- q
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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# L( }! h4 q2 H* q: P- s. D# X
2,000 likes. It has also been retweeted by members of Campaign Zero, a3 T V& M2 i0 _( c; w- O' ]8 n
police reform campaign, and some of its founders, Brittany Packnett and
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