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The Guardian - US
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Maya Yang

Purdue Northwest chancellor sorry for mocking Asian language in speech

Chancellor Thomas L Keon speaking at Purdue Northwest commencement ceremony in 2022.
Chancellor Thomas L Keon speaking at Purdue Northwest commencement ceremony in 2022. Photograph: Youtube

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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