Woman apologizes for making racist gestures outside Ole Miss students’ apartment

One of the two young women seen on a viral video making racist gestures outside the apartment of three Black Ole Miss students apologized for her actions.

Alaina Kunes, 18, said in a statement Tuesday that she did not know the people who lived in the apartment and was “unaware of their race” until the Ring doorbell camera video that captured the moment Friday gained national attention.

The video shows Kunes and two other women walking by the front door of the off-campus apartment where the three Black Ole Miss students live. Kunes is seen beating her chest. She and a second woman, who has not been identified and has not commented on the incident, make ape noises. A third woman in the video just walks by without stopping at the door.

“To the women I offended and to the Ole Miss community, I sincerely apologize,” Kunes said in her statement. “I recognize my actions were insensitive, inappropriate, and deeply harmful.”

Kunes said she apologized to the women who live in the apartment directly. “I pray they will forgive me,” she said.

“I can never truly understand the pain I have caused them and it was never my intention. These…

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