An op-ed by Jaguars’ owner Shad Khan that addresses the topic of social and racial injustice:https://t.co/InNFayCVIp
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) June 3, 2020
“I came to the United States from Pakistan in 1967 with $500 in my pocket and faith in the American Dream. Opportunities to learn and succeed were abundant, and more than 50 years later I am forever grateful and proud to be a citizen of the United States,” Khan wrote. “Nonetheless, while I pursued my goals as a student and later in the workforce, being a Muslim-American made me a frequent target of prejudice, discrimination and hatred. I won’t claim to know what it means to be a young African American today, but I can speak honestly and painfully to my own experiences as a person of color for the past 53 years in this country.
“Even recently, I have had people spew racist language in my presence when talking about other people of color — apparently ignorant of my ethnicity. Change for all people of color in the United States is long overdue, and it must happen now.”
Khan published his essay nine days after George Floyd, 46, died in Minneapolis while in police custody.
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