Women are reportedly upstairs neighbors of three Black students, including one who uploaded video to TikTok

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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[–] 0 points 2 days ago

I actually feel bad for the one who apologized. She deserves to be reprimanded and taught why her actions were unacceptable, not national outrage.

18 year olds do stupid things. University is the first time a lot of 18 year olds leave their comfort zone and interact with people from other cultures. People that young don't always realize the prejudices they hold until they're forced to confront them.

Some things were better before everything was recorded and posted on the internet. A ten second clip of drunk girls doing something dumb and insensitive and now the whole country is coming down on them. Absolutely insane.

Can you imagine if a ten second clip of something stupid you did when you were 18 on your way to a house party went viral like this?

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