“As expected, the majority of folks arrested under this statute are students of color,” says Khan. While working at the ACLU, he was involved in building lawsuits to “dismantle racially discriminatory policies,” Khan says, specifically challenging disorderly conduct statutes - policies that he says enable law enforcement in schools to criminalize nearly any type of youth behavior, including things like purposefully burping in class. He has worked in New York City’s Government Community Affairs Unit and at ACLU National as part of the organization’s Racial Justice Program, conducting advocacy and outreach work. “Since college, I’ve sought to continue my journey in learning about and advancing racial justice work, primarily in the areas of housing and education,” Khan says.
Intrigued, Khan began exploring these intersectionalities. In light of an on-campus incident of racism targeted at Muslim students, he spearheaded a university-wide rally alongside allies that helped him begin to recognize the overlapping issues faced by Muslims and other historically marginalized groups.
Khan’s passion for social and racial justice was sparked in college, when he was president of New York University’s Muslim Students Association (MSA). “For myself, I see my education, my knowledge, my wealth, my health and my time all as tools not merely to increase my own status and position in this world but to impact systemic change.” Everyone, especially those given privilege and power, will be questioned as to what they did with what was given to them,” says Khan, who is now a member of The Consortium’s class of 2023. “I strongly believe in the idea of divine accountability. One of the values most important to Khan is justice. Through their active commitment to bringing about social and racial justice, they are doing their part to advance The Consortium’s mission at the University of California, Berkeley Haas School of Business, in their communities and beyond.Īs a Muslim South Asian American, Afraz Khan has been shaped in large part by his faith and the values it imparts. Putting The Consortium’s mission to work, MBA students Afraz Khan and Jude Watson are uplifting the voices of underrepresented - and sometimes undervalued - groups.
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