Ole Miss student Jakiyra Metcalf is demanding answers after her Ring camera captured white neighbors making monkey noises outside her apartment door.
Metcalf, who shares the off-campus unit with two other Black students, posted the footage to TikTok on Saturday with a pointed caption: “What do we have to say about this??” The video, recorded Friday evening at approximately 8:37 p.m., had already surpassed 11 million views by the time university officials acknowledged the incident.
The time-stamped clip shows two women approaching the door. The first beats her chest while emitting monkey noises, and the second follows suit, directing the sounds toward the camera. A third woman walks past, glancing at the door without joining in. Metcalf noted in a TikTok comment that the women live in the apartment directly above hers.
The students’ mother took the evidence further, sharing the video to Facebook and declaring it had already reached the university’s administration. “We want answers,” she wrote in the post, labeling the incident “disgusting and unacceptable.”
“College is supposed to be a place where young adults can learn, grow, and feel safe,” the mother continued. “And let me be clear: If you watch this video and genuinely don’t see anything wrong with this type of behavior, please delete me. We clearly don’t share the same values.”
Online attempts to name the women caught on camera have circulated widely, though their identities remain unconfirmed by any official source. The timestamp visible in the footage reads Nov. 6.
A university representative confirmed to The Post that Ole Miss has opened an investigation into the matter. The rep said the school condemns the “offensive, hurtful, and unacceptable behaviors” shown in the video.
“The university has reached out to those targeted by the actions to share information, resources, and support,” the representative added in a statement. “We are committed to maintaining a safe and welcoming environment for all of our students, faculty, staff, and visitors and will follow our processes to ensure the well-being and safety of our community.”
The incident joins a growing catalog of racist episodes on American college campuses captured by students and amplified through social media, often forcing institutional responses that advocates say arrive only after public pressure mounts. At Ole Miss specifically, the episode revives scrutiny of a university with a fraught racial history, including violent resistance to integration in 1962 and more recent controversies over Confederate imagery and campus traditions.
Metcalf has not responded to requests for comment. The university’s Equal Opportunity and Regulatory Compliance Office and the University of Mississippi Police Department also did not reply to inquiries.