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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.8 G% h" e7 \: [7 ], l* S
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risky decision paid off. On Friday, Ahmed received his acceptance letter
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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+ y% A6 T; U* h# [2 I
at all, but it's quite refreshing to see that they view my unapologetic
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: F7 ?) Q8 Y) R5 G4 UOn 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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