Purdue Northwest chancellor sorry for mocking Asian language in speech
by Maya Yang from World news | The Guardian on (#66WJH)
I made a comment that was offensive and insensitive,' Thomas Keon says after backlash
The chancellor of Purdue University Northwest has apologized amid intense backlash, after he mocked Asian languages during a commencement speech last week.
Thomas L Keon spoke at the school's winter commencement ceremony in Hammond, Indiana, last Saturday. Before Keon spoke, graduates were addressed by James Dedelow, a radio host, who said he sometimes used a made-up" language on air and with his family.
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