# I think this is the most 2017 story and woman I've ever read and seen **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 27, 2017, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-this-is-the-most-2017-story-and-woman-ive-ever-read-and-seen/789972 "2017-06-27T04:13:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Dale\_Sams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/779978/32.png) [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2017, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-this-is-the-most-2017-story-and-woman-ive-ever-read-and-seen/789972/1 "2017-06-27T04:13:25Z")
[https://www.thewrap.com/black-twitter-split-over-muslim-teen-using-black-lives-matter-stanford/](https://www.thewrap.com/black-twitter-split-over-muslim-teen-using-black-lives-matter-stanford/) A Muslim, instead of writing an essay to get into Stanford, wrote “Black Lives Matter” 100 times and was accepted. A woman whose twitter handle is ‘Femme Feminista’ tweeted in response to the issue: > [@](#): > > nbPoC, you have to start confronting the space you take away from Black folks to center yourselves & ignore yr anti-blackness Her pinned tweet is: > [@](#): > > Being married to a cishet white person does not diminish my identity as a queer woman of color - read my latest. That is a 2017 bingo folks. And no I’m not attacking this woman. Oh wait here’s an article by this woman: ["Wonder Woman is your Zionist, white feminist hero](https://wearyourvoicemag.com/more/entertainment/gal-gadot-wonder-woman-white-feminist-hero) Damn…that is like two bingo cards. ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2017, 4:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-this-is-the-most-2017-story-and-woman-ive-ever-read-and-seen/789972/2 "2017-06-27T04:47:52Z")
This sounds a bit whack, until you read about the young man. From the article: > [@](#): > > the Bangladeshi-American teenager has been a strong activist and has a stellar resume, which most likely also led to his acceptance. He has been invited to the White House Iftar dinner and was recognized as a Muslim-American change-maker under the Obama administration. In 2016, he interned for Hillary Clinton’s campaign, and in 2015, he gave a Ted Talk in Panama discussing the stereotypes facing young Muslim teens. Note also that this is being mis-represented as his college essay. It was not: > [@](#): > > Also, it’s important to note that this response was one answer on one application. Not my college essay or etc. There’s a lot more to it,” he wrote. The use of the black lives matter hashtag was in response to a question that read: > [@](#): > > What matters to you, and why? I’d argue that he didn’t answer the “Why”, but that’s relatively trivial stacked up against the rest of his qualifications. He was also accepted to Yale and Princeton. Stunts like this are a little annoying, but I tend to cut the kids a little slack, given the pressure they are under to get noticed by colleges. The reporting on this is slanted to play up the fuss (and contains errors, like the mistake about his essay). The kerfuffle from all sides is ridiculous. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2017, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-this-is-the-most-2017-story-and-woman-ive-ever-read-and-seen/789972/3 "2017-06-27T04:54:57Z")
Pretty shoddy journalism by The Wrap. ---
**Author:** ![treis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bc79bd/32.png) [@treis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/treis)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2017, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-this-is-the-most-2017-story-and-woman-ive-ever-read-and-seen/789972/4 "2017-06-27T05:50:11Z")
This kid is emblematic of so many things wrong with this country. He’s not even the 1%. He’s like the 0.01% and a perfect example of how wealthy parents buy opportunities for their offspring. To me, there’s something galling about someone with a ridiculously privileged upbringing piggybacking on those truly suffering from discrimination. Maybe it’s just the cynic in me, but I don’t exactly see an activist here. I see a relentless self promoter that fits what the left is looking for to a T and is using that for his own benefit. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2017, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-this-is-the-most-2017-story-and-woman-ive-ever-read-and-seen/789972/5 "2017-06-27T06:45:49Z")
> [@treis](#): > > This kid is emblematic of so many things wrong with this country. He’s not even the 1%. He’s like the 0.01% and a perfect example of how wealthy parents buy opportunities for their offspring. To me, there’s something galling about someone with a ridiculously privileged upbringing piggybacking on those truly suffering from discrimination. Maybe it’s just the cynic in me, but I don’t exactly see an activist here. I see a relentless self promoter that fits what the left is looking for to a T and is using that for his own benefit. I don’t agree at all with what you wrote, but I especially don’t think that’s the cynic in you. Or at least, not just the cynic in you. ---
**Author:** ![marshmallow](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/df705f/32.png) [@marshmallow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/marshmallow)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2017, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-this-is-the-most-2017-story-and-woman-ive-ever-read-and-seen/789972/6 "2017-06-27T17:13:49Z")
> [@Dale\_Sams](#): > > ["Wonder Woman is your Zionist, white feminist hero](https://wearyourvoicemag.com/more/entertainment/gal-gadot-wonder-woman-white-feminist-hero) > [@](#): > > How marvelous that you finally have a kickass, badass, cisgender, abled bodied, thin, white woman hero to worship on screen. I’m guessing it’ll be awhile before Hollywood makes a superhero movie about a trans, disabled, overweight, black woman. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2017, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-this-is-the-most-2017-story-and-woman-ive-ever-read-and-seen/789972/7 "2017-06-27T20:45:32Z")
> [@marshmallow](#): > > I’m guessing it’ll be awhile before Hollywood makes a superhero movie about a trans, disabled, overweight, black woman. Avengers, Part V - The Aristocrats! Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2017, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-this-is-the-most-2017-story-and-woman-ive-ever-read-and-seen/789972/8 "2017-06-27T20:59:14Z")
Nice. ---
**Author:** ![Leaper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4bbf92/32.png) [@Leaper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaper)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2017, 12:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-this-is-the-most-2017-story-and-woman-ive-ever-read-and-seen/789972/9 "2017-06-28T00:21:02Z")
> [@marshmallow](#): > > I’m guessing it’ll be awhile before Hollywood makes a superhero movie about a trans, disabled, overweight, black woman. Just for the sake of argument, why shouldn’t they? ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2017, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-this-is-the-most-2017-story-and-woman-ive-ever-read-and-seen/789972/10 "2017-06-28T00:43:06Z")
I don’t understand a word of what I just read. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2017, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-this-is-the-most-2017-story-and-woman-ive-ever-read-and-seen/789972/11 "2017-06-28T00:47:16Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > I don’t understand a word of what I just read. I only understood your post. ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [June 28, 2017, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-this-is-the-most-2017-story-and-woman-ive-ever-read-and-seen/789972/12 "2017-06-28T17:17:52Z")
> [@Leaper](#): > > Just for the sake of argument, why shouldn’t they? So like a cross between [Fat Momma](https://comicvine.gamespot.com/fat-momma/4005-70548/) and Professor X? Fat X? Professor Momma?