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3 r6 V' r; N' k& P' j( v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.' M9 K0 V& h7 y- Z7 ^7 A
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So for his answer, Ahmed — who is a senior at Princeton Day School in
% B/ P* i( Z$ l$ F1 tPrinceton, New Jersey — wrote #BlackLivesMatter exactly 100 times. The
/ a' j6 P; v: r K% x9 y* i+ O9 srisky decision paid off. On Friday, Ahmed received his acceptance letter
, R9 i5 Y, Y% E0 ofrom 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: U. {$ @; `( Z$ J* J4 {
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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 over1 u, V, @# k; n& u& e( p
2,000 likes. It has also been retweeted by members of Campaign Zero, a
7 f5 x# G) a b2 Y' A5 K0 L8 w5 m1 _police reform campaign, and some of its founders, Brittany Packnett and4 O4 H9 I: s& q I+ @( E
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