Here’s a question that will be a test of diversity in 2023.
How will the first Asian American President of one of America’s most conservative public universities, in one of the most conservative states, react to anti-Asian racism in his leadership ranks?
Will he weed it out with full force and authority? Or simply doing nothing? So far it’s the latter, and a disappointment.
It’s been less than a week that President Mung Chiang took over as the president of Purdue University. On New Year’s Day, Chiang issued a humbling inaugural message “as an immigrant living the American dream,” that is all rah-rah Purdue and diversity. 
Emil Guillermo
But nothing in his online message indicates any corrective action will be taken against Chancellor Thomas Keon, the head of the Purdue University NW campus in Hammond, Indiana, who has made everyone aware of the hypocrisy at Purdue.
You’ll recall Keon’s racist display at the Dec. 10 commencement of Purdue NW. If you missed it, see the video here for full context. You'll see as the keynote speaker ends, Keon walks up and delivers his anti-Asian slur.
This situation potentially could have been a teachable moment for the entire nation about Asian Americans and social justice, had it been handled properly.
