Ole Miss student withdraws after video shows racist behaviour outside student flat

A University of Mississippi student, Alaina Kunes, has withdrawn after a video showed her and two other students making monkey noises and chest-beating outside an apartment where Black students live. The footage spread online, and the university condemned the behaviour as hurtful and unacceptable.

Kunes said she did not know who lived in the apartment or their race, apologised to the women and said she would cooperate with the university’s investigation. The university confirmed she was no longer a student, but it is unclear whether she withdrew voluntarily or was removed. The other two people shown have not been publicly identified; residents said they had previously raised concerns about noise.