‘Embarrassing’ — Ole Miss Student Apologizes After Viral Monkey-Noise Video Sparks Outrage
The student, identified as Alaina Kunes, said she was not aware of Jakiyra Metcalf's race before making the racist noises outside her door. The post ‘Embarrassing’ — Ole Miss Student Apologizes After Viral Monkey-Noise Video Sparks Outrage appeared first on MadameNoire.
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One of three white women who were caught making monkey noises on camera outside the apartment of Jakirya Metcalf, a Black student at the University of Mississippi (Ole Miss), has come forward with an apology. According to a statement obtained by NBC affiliate Action News 5, the woman, identified as Alaina Kunes, said she was not aware of Metcalf’s race before making the racist noises outside her door.
“I would have never intentionally made those noises or gestures toward a person of color,” Kunes said in her apology. “I have apologized to the women and I pray they will forgive me.”
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As previously reported, Metcalf called on Ole Miss to take action after she shared footage of the racist incident involving Kunes and two other white women on Nov. 6 via TikTok. In the now viral video Metcalf shared Ring camera footage that captured the three students making monkey noises as they walked past her apartment.
One woman appeared to beat her chest while making the noises, while another stepped closer to the camera and mimicked the sounds. The third woman followed behind but did not appear to participate before the group walked away.
Metcalf and her three roommates, who are also Black, witnessed the incident and later learned that the three white women were their upstairs neighbors.
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