Purdue Northwest chancellor sorry for mocking Asian language in speech

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.