Carl Takei<p><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/AAPI" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>AAPI</span></a> is trending on the Bird app because of this <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/racist" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>racist</span></a> &quot;joke&quot; that <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/PurdueNorthwest" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>PurdueNorthwest</span></a> Chancellor <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Thomas" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Thomas</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Keon" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Keon</span></a> made during the graduation ceremony.</p><p>I feel so sorry for AAPI grads and their families, whose memory of this day will be forever poisoned. And the poison comes not only from the chancellor&#39;s words, but from the laughter from the audience and smiles from his colleagues on the stage.<br /> <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/purdue-northwest-chancellor-apologizes-racist-asian-language-impressio-rcna61778" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nbcnews.com/news/asian-america</span><span class="invisible">/purdue-northwest-chancellor-apologizes-racist-asian-language-impressio-rcna61778</span></a></p>