Activist Writes #BlackLivesMatter 100 Times on His Admissions Application, And You Won’t Believe What Happens Next

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You probably think of yourself as an activist. However, besides signing Change.org petitions and sharing Facebook memes, what do you really do to raise awareness of the issues that matter most to you? We never said that activism was easy. In fact, sometimes raising awareness requires some serious guts.

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You can’t ever say that New Jersey teenager Ziad Ahmed doesn’t care. Ziad Ahmed, who Mic recently covered in a recent profile, is passionate about many issues, and this is something he made known in a very important moment in his life.

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One of the issues he cares a lot about? #BlackLivesMatter. In fact, racial equality is one of the issues that Ahmed has spent most of his time as an activist fighting for. But you’ll never guess what he did on his Stanford application…

The reality of race playing a role in police brutality is an issue we’ve been facing for a while, but people just don’t seem to learn from others’ mistakes. Over the past five years, a number of cases of high-profile police brutality steeped in racial bias have occurred. Although a number of groups and organizations have risen up to combat this growing threat, the idea of an officer shooting an unarmed black person isn’t foreign to anyone.

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Unfortunately, it’s impossible to determine exact statistics about fatal police shootings since there isn’t an actual database available on it. This lack of accessible information, described by FBI director James Comey as “embarrassing and ridiculous” is why many people falsely believe that there is no issue between police and African Americans.

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Still, we can look at various independent studies that have been conducted with the hope to raise awareness of the Black Lives Matter movement. One study conduced by a professor at University of California, Davis suggested “evidence of a significant bias in the killing of unarmed black Americans relative to unarmed white Americans, in that the probability of being black, unarmed, and shot by police is aobut 3-49 times the probability of being white, unarmed, and shot by police on average.”

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That’s a potentially staggering figure, and one that shouldn’t be ignored. Still, however, these crimes continue to plague the United States, adding to our current international political unrest. Even worse, it takes the lives of individuals and ruins entire families and communities.

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An independent analysis of data from The Washington Post had similar findings to the Davis study. “The only thing that was significant in predicting whether someone shot and killed by police was unarmed was whether or not they we black,” the study said. “Crime variables did not matter in terms of predicting whether the person killed was unarmed.”

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Head over to the next page, where we’ll examine more data on the murder of unarmed African Americans by police.

I never want to have a roommate every again in my entire life. They smell, they are often naked, and they don’t have boundaries.

The following is a list of 13 reasons why I refuse to have a roommate ever again; aside from the fact that roommates are awful in  general. I’m a true fan of solitude. 

*NOTE: SOME OF THESE STORIES ARE ABOUT THE SAME ROOMMATE – I DIDN’T HAVE 13 CRAZY ROOMMATES (ALTHOUGH SOMETIMES I WONDER)*

Yah, you read that right. A couple of years ago my roommate was a complete and total wierdo. She was constantly accusing people of doing things that were intended to harm her in one way of another. This girl was the epitome of “the world is out to get me”. One weekend in particular she had a couple friends from home visiting, and they were staying in our tiny apartment with us. I was in my bedroom, which was connected to the kitchen, doing some studying when I heard my roommate start cooking breakfast with her friends. They were cooking for about 10 minutes when one of her friends asked if she could help herself to some orange juice, to which my roommate replied, “Yes, but grab the one in the back because the other one has butter in it” (Yes, ladies and gents – BUTTER). Her friend naturally was freaked out and asked why. My roommates answer was “Oh, I think she’s been drinking my orange juice, so I put butter in it”. Can you say crazy? 

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This roommate was also my cousin – I think it’s important to know that before we get into the story. She was my best friend for my entire life, and so when she moved to my city, we decided we would live together to save on rent! About halfway through the year she got a new boyfriend who was over all the time, and they would leave their dishes and garbage everywhere, so naturally I asked if she could keep it tidy, because it was getting gross (what an understatement). This was the start of WWIII because from this point on we didn’t get along. She stayed disgusting, but now wanted to make my life a living hell and decided she would destroy all of my condoms. Luckily I discovered it before I used any, but really… This kind of revenge is just uncouth.

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In my first year of college I lived in a townhouse on campus with 5 other girls. I went to high school with one of them, one of them became my best friend, 2 of them were from the same town and were best friends, and then there was this one girl that got kicked out of her original townhouse because her roommates hated her, and we said it was fine if she lived with us. We were being kind, ok? Oh, the regret. Throughout the year we started to realize our dishes and utensils started to drop in numbers. It was fine because between the 6 of us we had enough dishes to get by, but it was still sort of odd. When this roommate finally moved out we went into her room to find all our dishes piled up in a tower – along with all of her caked on foods from the year. 

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Some people are strong believers in zodiac signs and others think it’s nothing but a bunch of crap. However, for those who believe, their zodiac signs can be very telling. It can tell you what kind of romantic partner suits you best or what kind of learning and work environment you thrive in. It can also determine traits, attitudes, flaws, fears, and desires toward life and the people around you.

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Your zodiac sign is determined by the time of year you are born. There are 12 zodiac signs in total and each have different strengths and weaknesses. The signs are different per the placement of the sun, moon and other planets. There are many sites online to help you find your horoscope. You can even find out your love matches with your significant other.

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This article will focus on the darker side of the horoscope star chart. It’s better to be aware of this side so you can focus on defeating it. Don’t let it alarm you whatsoever. A person who is not afraid to face their fears head on will thrive greatly. It is important to know your possible short comings and attempt to turn them into your strengths. Be critical of yourself as you read through this article.

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The first month that will be touched on is Aries (March 21- April 20). The fear connected with Aries is the fear of losing loved ones. Aries don’t respond well to seeing long term relationships come to an end. However, it doesn’t just apply to relationships, it also applies to death of loved ones. Aries have a hard time dealing with the major losses in their life so if you know one going through a loss you may want to be more sensitive with them.

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The fear of losing a loved one isn’t all bad. It means that Aries have strong qualities like being very caring and nurturing. They give a great amount of effort to their relationships because they cannot stand them coming to an end. This can help relationships thrive because when you have someone putting in a maximum effort then it provides some leeway to the other partner on bad days.

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Keep reading to find out more about you and your loved one’s horoscopes…

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