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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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' y- i. e% d: p( A8 cSo for his answer, Ahmed — who is a senior at Princeton Day School in
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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! F/ _( D$ F/ F* e
at all, but it's quite refreshing to see that they view my unapologetic; P: Z9 {4 B0 J4 i. k5 s/ l' \
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. A O' S8 j& n& k9 G! JOn Saturday, Ahmed posted his answer and acceptance letter on Twitter with the hashtag #BlackLivesMatter. The tweet now has over 700 retweets and over( @: f l* L' A/ g3 K' r7 p) r, O% q3 B
2,000 likes. It has also been retweeted by members of Campaign Zero, a
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