Watch US university chancellor’s ‘Asian language’ impression during speech to graduating students
Chancellor Thomas L Keon of Purdue University Northwest in Indiana later offered an apology for his ‘offensive and insensitive’ remarks.
WTF. Can’t get more racist than this @PurdueNorthwest administrator. Who is this person? #AntiAsianHate #StopAsianHate @AcademicChatter pic.twitter.com/Wt7d9pxM8J
— Rich Lee (@RichLeePhD) December 13, 2022
Purdue University Northwest chancellor Chancellor Thomas L Keon did a bizarre ‘Asian language’ impression during a speech at the university in Indiana during a commencement ceremony on 10 December, 2022. After the video spread across social media and drew criticism online, the chancellor apologised for his “unplanned and off-the-cuff” remark. “We are all humans. I made a mistake,” he stated.
An Apology from Purdue University Northwest Chancellor Thomas L. Keonhttps://t.co/EXkONnU5rh pic.twitter.com/FKWB6D98EC
— Purdue Northwest (@PurdueNorthwest) December 14, 2022
For folks who didn’t see…this racist chancellor of @PurdueNorthwest thought it was cool to go and do a racism. And all his colleagues chuckled and nod along. Oh. And they just issued a non apology highlighting how they do so much for diversity…like a “multicultural lounge”. 🫠 https://t.co/PFk2GKnuM1
— Yuh-Line Niou (@yuhline) December 14, 2022
like, what was going on in his head, walk me thru the process of conjuring up the idea and following thru with the execution. like, HOW?? i wanna see what he saw in his future upon arriving to the conclusion that this was the move. https://t.co/c25wJGzoxu
— BRAZYAZN (@michaelphigham) December 14, 2022
It’s the actual the CHANCELLOR of @PurdueNorthwest.The “apology”-“I meant no offense. We’re all human. I made a mistake” is utterly insufficient. Is the @purdue board satisfied w/this as an end to the matter when the Chancellor of Purdue NorthWest disgraces the school like this? https://t.co/j5RIuegOf6
— Sherrilyn Ifill (@SIfill_) December 14, 2022
This type of racism should not be tolerated by any institution. How is this the chancellor of @PurdueNorthwest @LifeAtPurdue?
— Raymond Chang (@tweetraychang) December 14, 2022
Anti-Asian racism on full display at Purdue University. https://t.co/MVrFfPrnP4
The chancellor of @PurdueNorthwest is on stage doing a stereotypical impression of an asian person as if it's funny. This is painful to watch and is so utterly harmful. Remove this person @PurdueNorthwest. This is completely unacceptable. https://t.co/R3qHI3DKUE
— Academic Chatter™ (@AcademicChatter) December 14, 2022
