In his apology, Keon said he would head an 'interdisciplinary team' to address issues important to the university's Asian American and Pacific Islander community and would meet with the student government association.
, followed by several indistinguishable words meant to mock Asian languages —"sort of my Asian version" of Dedelow's remarks, he said.
In the days after, the university defended Keon's remarks. On Wednesday, an associate vice chancellor, that"Chancellor Keon was reacting to something that the speaker had said, and it was taken out of context.""His racist imitation no doubt caused pain to the student body and faculty at Purdue University Northwest and so many more," U.S. Rep. Grace Meng, theafter the incident."We have to continue to call out instances like these so that they never become the norm in our schools, neighborhoods and nation.
In his apology, Keon said he would head an"interdisciplinary team" to address issues important to the university's Asian American and Pacific Islander community and would meet with the student government association.
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