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" _ R4 W6 `& a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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risky decision paid off. On Friday, Ahmed received his acceptance letter
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$ a& g0 F7 ?! G; Y& 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
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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 S5 @' r( x6 ^: E- Y& M, E
2,000 likes. It has also been retweeted by members of Campaign Zero, a9 p1 ?; o5 V; k, s. Y3 W
police reform campaign, and some of its founders, Brittany Packnett and: v: _# U# L% Q6 r$ B: Q8 T6 C
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