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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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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) A* o( T6 y: o" V' q
at all, but it's quite refreshing to see that they view my unapologetic
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2,000 likes. It has also been retweeted by members of Campaign Zero, a9 j& v7 i/ s6 g* |4 l$ |
police reform campaign, and some of its founders, Brittany Packnett and' A: x6 E8 ?0 [1 v6 B+ z' y
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