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Student gets into Stanford with #BlackLivesMatter x100
BBC News ^ | April 4, 2017

Posted on 04/04/2017 7:02:36 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer

News that a high school student wrote nothing but #BlackLivesMatter on his personal statement in an application to California's Stanford University - and got in - has been raising some eyebrows.

Ziad Ahmed, a high school student in New Jersey, proudly tweeted his news and received a range of reactions in response. There were congratulations aplenty of course - "forever in love with your audacity", laughed one user.

In a profile of Mr Ahmed, notes that he worked for Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign and had also been invited to the White House under Barack Obama's administration.

(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events; US: California
KEYWORDS: culturewar
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To: AppyPappy; Ravi

If you guys use twitter, check out Judge Willett. He is the Twitter King of Judges - and a riot. Can you image him tweeting from the SC?

https://twitter.com/JusticeWillett


41 posted on 04/06/2017 2:33:07 PM PDT by SpeedyInTexas
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To: SpeedyInTexas

Will follow. Thanks. The dems should have saved the filibuster for the next nominee. They blew their wad. Now they’re hosed.


42 posted on 04/06/2017 4:39:51 PM PDT by Ravi
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