When you look at Akintunde Ahmad, you may think he is a typical “hood” Black male with dreads from Oakland, California. Most are surprised to know that he has a 5.0 GPA and scored an astonishing 2100 on the SAT. In a society where how you look and where you’re from determines where you are going, most people have it all wrong when it comes to his young man. He has recently been accepted to a few Ivy League schools, including Brown, Columbia and Yale. Ahmad had this to say to the San Francisco Chronicle, “People looking at me funny is so common that it doesn’t stick out for me anymore. It’s something that I’ve gotten used to. I’ll leave this school and there will be teachers who never knew I was one of the people on the honor roll.” One thing is for certain, this young man is an example of the brilliance that exists in the Black community, especially amongst Black males.
