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his apology was met with further backlash and resignation demands from netizens who felt his words were insufficient.

According to WBAA, Thomas Roach, chair of the faculty senate, criticized both Keon's apology and the school's Board of Trustees for accepting it:

    The fact they [the Board of Trustees] accepted the apology is almost as bad as what he said in the first place. The Asian community has been saying for years that they are being discriminated against, and they’ve also been saying everybody tolerates descrimination against Asian Americans. Here we have this discriminatory remark and the Board of Trustees saying ‘no big deal.’”

A Change.org petition by students also demanding the chancellor's resignation has reached 4,991 signatures at the time of this writing.