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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' R6 s% Z- R: R4 W) V5 v: B/ d) Q4 c
Princeton, New Jersey — wrote #BlackLivesMatter exactly 100 times. The: j+ _% d6 s! z) Z4 X- X1 A
risky decision paid off. On Friday, Ahmed received his acceptance letter% |; ]3 i. z4 g6 Z2 j7 c2 D
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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
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: V8 ~0 u; S- _. S$ f: oOn Saturday, Ahmed posted his answer and acceptance letter on Twitter with the hashtag #BlackLivesMatter. The tweet now has over 700 retweets and over
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police reform campaign, and some of its founders, Brittany Packnett and
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