Ring camera catches ‘white Ole Miss coeds’ making monkey noises outside black students’ apartment

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The University of Mississippi says it is investigating a viral video that appears to show two women making racist monkey noises outside an apartment shared by three Black students. The footage has drawn widespread anger online, and the university condemned the behaviour as offensive and unacceptable.

Student Jakiyra Metcalf said the women were her upstairs neighbours and shared the Ring camera footage, timestamped 6 November 2026, on TikTok. It had received more than 11 million views; the women’s identities have not been confirmed. The university said it had contacted the students targeted to offer information, resources and support.

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In short

Ole Miss is investigating video of apparent racist behaviour.
The footage has received more than 11 million views.
The university says it contacted the students targeted.

How this story developed

35 minutes ago A Ring camera video shared by University of Mississippi student Jakiyra Metcalf appears to show two women making monkey noises and beating their chests outside an apartment shared by three Black students. The footage has prompted widespread anger online and an investigation by the university.
37 minutes ago The University of Mississippi says it is investigating a viral video that appears to show two women making racist monkey noises outside an apartment shared by three Black students.

Explained simply

The University of Mississippi, often called Ole Miss, is a public university in Oxford, Mississippi. Its campus and history are closely tied to the racial segregation of the American South: in 1962, James Meredith became its first Black student after a court order and federal intervention.

The story concerns Black students living in an apartment near other students, and footage said to show racial harassment outside their home. The people shown have not been publicly identified, and the university has said it is investigating.