Uni student’s grovelling statement as camera captures her racist noises at Black students’ door

A now-viral video captured the moment a university student made racist noises outside of a property belonging to Black students. 

Jakiyra Metcalf is a student at the University of Mississippi, and earlier this week, she shared a video that has since garnered 12.9 million views on TikTok. 

“What do we have to say about this??” she captioned the video, tagging her school. 

The viral video itself showed three white students approaching her door, which the doorbell camera managed to capture. The first made overtly racist monkey noises, which the second girl imitated. The third girl didn’t seem to get involved and continued walking. The girls were reportedly Jakiyra Metcalf’s upstairs neighbours.

As the video went viral, one of the Black students’ mothers issued a statement. 

“We want answers,” she wrote on Facebook, describing the moment as “disgusting and unacceptable.”

“And let me be clear: If you watch this video and genuinely don’t see anything wrong with this type of behaviour, please delete me. We clearly don’t share the same values,” she added. 

The school launched an investigation into the video, condemning the acts of the young women as “offensive, hurtful, and unacceptable behaviours.”

The girl who made the monkey noises then spoke out 

Alaina Kunes, 18, was one of three young women in the video, and she soon quit the University of Mississippi due to safety and harassment concerns. 

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In a statement provided to CBS, she said: “To the women I offended and to the Ole Miss community, I sincerely apologize. Before the incident on November 6, I never met the women involved and was unaware of their race, however, I recognize my actions were insensitive, inappropriate, and deeply harmful. I would have never intentionally made those noises or gestures toward a person of color. I have apologized to the women and I pray they will forgive me.

University of Mississippi student Alaina Kunes issues public apology after viral video shows her making monkey noises and gestures outside Black students' apartment pic.twitter.com/3ge0XUzEo4

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“I can never truly understand the pain I have caused them and it was never my intention. These girls deserve to feel seen and understood and what I did is not a reflection of who I am trying to become

“Over the past several days, my family and I have received death threats and harassment. I am grateful for the authorities working to ensure our safety. As I intend to cooperate fully with the University’s investigation, I ask for privacy for my family. I understand the seriousness of this situation and remain committed to taking responsibility and learning from this embarrassing ordeal.”

Her family owns a well-known auto shop in the area, and it too issued a statement that read: “The individual in the video has no employment, ownership, or professional affiliation with Kunes Auto Group. We do not comment on private citizens unaffiliated with the company.”

More information is expected to follow. 

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Featured image credit: Jakiyra Metcalf/TikTok