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Social media users have slammed a Muslim teenactivist who was accepted into Stanford University after writing Black Lives Matter 100 times in his application, with some saying a black applicant wouldnt have been accepted.

On Monday, Mic.com published an article aboutZiad Ahmed, a Muslim teenager who replied to a question What matters to you, and why? on his college application by writingBlack Lives Matter exactly 100 times.

Ahmed wasaccepted into the university. Everyone who reviewed your application was inspired by your passion, determination, accomplishments and heart, read a letter from Stanford posted on his Twitter.

The student, who claims also tohave beenaccepted at Princeton and Yale, explained to Mic why he wrote the slogan so many times on hisapplication: My unapologetic progressivism is a central part of my identity, and I wanted that to be represented adequately in my application.

He added: To me, to be Muslim is to be a BLM ally, and I honestly cant imagine it being any other way for me. Furthermore, its critical to realize that one-fourth to one-third of the Muslim community in America are(sic) black and to separate justice for Muslims from justices for the black community is to erase the realities of the plurality of our community.

But not everyone was touched by such a virtue-signaling move fromAhmedwith some people suggesting that an actual black student would never be able to get away with writing that on their application to an elite university.

Yeah Im not sure I find this cute or heartwarming, no way a black kid could get rewarded for doing the same thing, wrote Zoe Samudzi on Twitter. When I/we talk about black struggle being used by non-black folks for social capital and material gain, this is whats meant by it.

She added: This looks much nastier coming from non-black folks of color than from white people. Because they help meet the diverse but SAFE quota.

Another social media user wrote: This is so annoyingly performative. Which black people are materially benefiting from him spamming #BLM on his app? Im so unimpressed.

WriterRoqayah Chamseddine noted Ahmeds unapologetic defense ofHillary Clinton(he even has a picture with her!), tweeting: That entire thing, including the photo with Clinton, makes me feel ill.

How is it that black teens who are administratively reprimanded for supporting BLM couldnt get away w/an admission essay like that, wrote Zaynab Shahar. And the fact that a non-black [person of color]writes BLM 100X and gets the same spot at Standford (sic) the black kid who busted ass *might get*?

Author Feminista Jones also added to the debate: Id be interested in hearing him get into more of the nuance of non-Black Muslims historically hating Black people/rejecting [Black] Muslims.

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