Two white students at University of Mississippi make monkey gestures in Ring video
Two University of Mississippi students are under investigation after a viral video showed them making racist monkey gestures toward Black neighbors. The students involved have faced public backlash, and one has issued an apology while claiming the behavior was not racially motivated.
Why it matters
The incident highlights ongoing tensions regarding racial harassment on college campuses and the role of social media in documenting and amplifying hate speech.
The University of Mississippi campus in Oxford, Mississippi, on 22 October 2012. The University of Mississippi campus in Oxford, Mississippi, on 22 October 2012. Mississippi Two white students at University of Mississippi make monkey gestures in Ring video Women are reportedly upstairs neighbors of three Black students, including one who uploaded video to TikTok
Prefer the Guardian on Google Two white students at the University of Mississippi were captured making offensive monkey gestures in a widely panned Ring video that has prompted a school investigation .
On Saturday, freshman Jakiyra Metcalf uploaded the surveillance clip from her apartment door to TikTok, showing one woman thumping her chest and babbling like a monkey. Another woman jumped into the camera’s view and mimicked the primate noises.
The video, which has nearly 13m views, drew outrage over the racist connotation.
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