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Kyle Kashuv @KyleKashuv 4h 2/ A few weeks ago, I was made aware of egregious and callous comments classmates and I made privately years ago - when I was 16 years old, months before the shooting in an attempt to be as extreme and shocking as possible. I immediately apologized Here is my apology: Ihave recently boan made aware of scroonshols airculating that include offonshve comments h bveoutu and tranenare lew years ago, lang before the shooting. I want to address this We were 16-year-olds making idotic comments. using callous and inflammatory language in an affort to be as extreme and shocking as possible, Im ambarrassad by t, but I want to be clear that tha commants I mado are not indicativo of who l am ar who I'va bacome in the yaars sinca. This past year has forced me to mature and grow in an incredibly drastic way. My workd, like vour teachers, and your neictbors are lled it transtonms vou as a human beina, I see the world Cecrbcs baue thore Fun ntan to kgey.girce cwthat Um beter cerecm than tha I can and will do better moving forward. O300 t285 1.9K Kyle Kashuv @KyleKashuv 4h e3/ After I issued this apology, speculative articles were written, my peers used the opportunity to attack me, and my life was once again reduced to a headline. It sent me into one of the darkest spirals of my life. 73 1.8K t258 Kyle Kashuv @KyleKashuv 4h 4/ After the story broke, former peers & political opponents began contacting Harvard urging them to rescind me. Harvard then sent this letter stating that Harvard reserves the right to withdraw an offer of admission' and requested a written explanation within 72 hours. May 24, 2019 Kvle Kashuy Dear Mr. Kashav, We have bocome aware of modia seports discussing offensive statements allegedly authoeed by you. As you know, Harvard reserves the rght fo wkiraw an ofer o question your hoaesty, manurity, or moral cheacter On behalf of the Admisicas Comitiee, we write now to ask you to send us a full medis but arew afers l Be oide rii clnutionfaur artigre frrie Commitoe's oonsideration Please eil these alerials to n by 2o later than 10 00 AM Sirgfiyly willn R Fezsimemons Dean'of Adalissions and Financial Aid.

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Ben Shapiro @benshapiro Regardless of what you think of @KyleKashuv -- and for the record, I think he, like many other Parkland survivors, has handled the public limelight with grace and strength -- Harvard's auto-da-fe sets up an insane, cruel standard no one can possibly meet. Harvard Rescinds Admission To Conservative Kyle Kashuv Over Private Raci... Our universities may be irrevocably broken dailywire.com 9:48 AM 17 Jun 2019
Kyle Kashuv @KyleKashuv 4h 10/ Harvard deciding that someone can't grow, especially after a life-altering event like the shooting, is deeply concerning. If any institution should understand growth, it's Harvard, which is looked to as the pinnacle of higher education despite its checkered past t 464 132 3.3K Kyle Kashuv @KyleKashuv 4h 11/Throughout its history, Harvard's faculty has included slave owners, segregationists, bigots and antisemites. If Harvard is suggesting that growth isn't possible and that our past defines our future, then Harvard is an inherently racist institution But I don't believe that. t 677 154 4.2K Kyle Kashuv @KyleKashuv 4h 12/l believe that institutions and people can grow. I've said that repeatedly In the end, this isn't about me, it's about whether we live in a society in which forgiveness is possible or mistakes brand you as irredeemable, as Harvard has decided for me t 461 184 3.4K Kyle Kashuv @KyleKashuv 4h 13/So what now? I'm figuring it out I had given up huge scholarships in order to go to Harvard, and the deadline for accepting other college offers has ended. I'm exploring all options at the moment.
Black Parkland Students Call Out David Hogg for Ignoring Them While Claiming to Highlight Black Voices auretta Brown Posted Apr 05,2018 1245 PM A Share (212Tweet Black students from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School held a press conference last week asking for their voices to be included in the "March for Our Lives" movement. In an interview with HuffPost, they also called out prominent fellow student David Hogg for saying he would use his "white privilege" to be a voice for black communities yet failing to invite them to meetings or reach out to them in any way. "We're saying you don't see much of us at the forefront," 17-year-old junior Mei-Ling Ho-Shing, who is black, told HuffPost. NOM NOM NOM NOM
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