Ole Miss Investigates Video Showing Monkey-Like Gestures

The University of Mississippi is investigating a doorbell-camera video that appears to show women making monkey-like sounds and gestures outside an apartment shared by Black students. The university condemned the behavior and said it had contacted the affected students to offer support.

Jakiyra Metcalf, one of the apartment’s residents, posted the footage on TikTok. In a comment, she said the women shown were her upstairs neighbors. Reports describe the recording as showing women passing the door, with one making chest-beating gestures and monkey-like sounds and another joining in. Accounts differ on whether two or three women took part in the behavior.

The university said the incident was being reviewed through its student conduct and equal opportunity offices. It said student conduct records and any potential disciplinary action are protected by the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act. No investigation finding or disciplinary outcome has been reported.

Vice Chancellor Shawnboda Mead said no sorority members were involved and that one student had been misidentified online. The university has not publicly disclosed the identities of those shown in the video. Online efforts...