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Muslim Teen Ziad Ahmed Accepted To Stanford After After Writing #BlackLivesMatter 100 Times In Application
According to Mic, Muslim teen Ziad Ahmed had a very simple answer when the Stanford University application asked, “What matters to you, and why?” All he could think of was: Black Lives. Ahmed’s story went viral after he shared the news that he was accepted to Stanford. His story is more special than most because he chose […]
Why Stanford accepting the teen who wrote #BlackLivesMatter 100 times on his application does little for Black lives
By Tariq Luthun This week, the story of Ziad Ahmed–a Muslim-American teen who was accepted into Stanford after writing #BlackLivesMatter in his application–went viral. Since the story dropped, many have come out in praise of the young man for his seemingly bold decision to write the politicized phrase on such an important application not just […]