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Ole Miss investigates students after racist gestures outside Black student’s home
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The University of Mississippi is investigating two students filmed making racist gestures and monkey noises outside the home of a Black student. The incident has drawn widespread condemnation and renewed concern about whether Black students feel safe and respected on campus.
Freshman Jakiyra Metcalf posted the Ring camera video on TikTok on Saturday; it has since been viewed nearly 13 million times. One student, 18-year-old Alaina Kunes, apologised while saying she did not intend to direct the behaviour at anyone because of race, and reported receiving threats and harassment. The university said it had contacted the affected students to offer support, but had not answered questions about the women’s enrolment or any disciplinary action. The article also cites past racist incidents at the university, including monkey noises directed at a Black protester in 2024.
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In short
- Ole Miss is investigating two students over racist gestures outside a Black student’s home.
- The video has nearly 13 million TikTok views.
- One student apologised and reported receiving threats and harassment.
How this story developed
- 1 hour ago Two University of Mississippi students were filmed making monkey gestures and noises outside a Black student’s apartment, prompting widespread condemnation and a university investigation. The video has reignited concerns about racism and whether Black students feel safe and respected on campus.
- 1 hour ago The University of Mississippi is investigating two students filmed making racist gestures and monkey noises outside the home of a Black student. The incident has drawn widespread condemnation and renewed concern about whether Black students feel safe and respected on campus.
Full account
The University of Mississippi is investigating after doorbell-camera footage showed two women making monkey noises and gestures outside an apartment shared by three Black students. The clip, recorded on 6 November, spread widely online after freshman Jakiyra Metcalf posted it to TikTok on Saturday. The footage prompted condemnation over the racist associations of the behaviour.
Alaina Kunes, 18, one of the students identified in the video, apologised publicly on Tuesday. She said she had not intended the noises or gestures to be directed at a person of colour, and said she had apologised to the women involved. Kunes also said that she and her family had received threats and harassment, and asked for privacy while she co-operated with the university’s investigation.
University vice-chancellor for student affairs Shawnboda Mead said every student should feel safe and valued, and that racism has no place in the campus community. She said the university had contacted the affected students to offer support and hear their concerns. Mead also urged people not to circulate unverified claims about who was involved. The reports do not establish whether the university has taken disciplinary action or confirmed the students’ enrolment status.
The incident has renewed attention on the university’s history of racist episodes. One report recalls that fraternity members placed a noose around a statue commemorating the university’s first Black student in 2014, and that Black demonstrators faced monkey noises during a pro-Palestinian protest a decade later. A separate report focuses on allegations involving Kunes’s relatives and the family’s former automotive business. Those allegations concern separate events and do not establish any connection to the incident at Ole Miss.
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The first report centres on Metcalf, her roommates, the university’s response and the campus history of racism; it says the women in the video were the students’ upstairs neighbours, citing Metcalf’s mother.
The second report identifies Kunes and describes her apology, then gives substantial attention to racism allegations involving Kunes family members and Kunes Auto Group. It reports that the company said Kunes had no professional affiliation with it. These are separate allegations, not evidence about the Ole Miss incident.
The reports differ on timing and detail: the first says Metcalf posted the footage on Saturday and quotes a Sunday university statement; the second says the university announced its investigation on Monday and gives the recording time as 8.37pm on 6 November 2026. The first says a university spokesperson had not answered an inquiry about enrolment or discipline; the second excerpt does not resolve those questions.
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Explained simply
The University of Mississippi, often called Ole Miss, is a public university in the town of Oxford. Its campus has a history of racial tension: in 1962, federal forces enforced the admission of James Meredith, its first Black student, after violent resistance.
The university is investigating after footage showed two students making monkey gestures and noises outside Black student Jakiyra Metcalf’s home. The incident has renewed questions about racism on campus and whether Black students feel safe and respected there.
The university says it has offered support to the students affected, but has not said whether anyone will face discipline. The case also raises questions about how universities respond to racist conduct and how students are affected when footage spreads widely online.
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Originally published by The Guardian as “Two white students at University of Mississippi make monkey gestures in Ring video”.