Ole Miss students speak out after alleged racial harassment in viral video: “It’s still hurtful”

November 11, 2026 / 12:10 PM EST / CBS News

The Black college students who were harassed by two White students at the University of Mississippi making monkey gestures and sounds outside their apartment are speaking out after the incident went viral.

The women said they were familiar with the stories of racism some faced at Ole Miss over the years — the school didn't allow its first Black student, James Meredith, until 1962, for instance — but they were not prepared for what they experienced last Friday.

Jakirya Metcalf, a freshman at Ole Miss, said she was in her apartment last Friday night when she saw the video on her Ring camera.

"We actually went outside and tried to, like, approach them and get them to explain why they did that," Metcalf told "CBS Mornings."

"One girl was like, 'I'm sorry we did that to four doors,'" Victoria Johnson, one of the roommates, said. "And mind you, we didn't see any one of those doors. It was just ours that was targeted. And she was like, 'We didn't mean any harm.'"

Metcalf and Johnson said the first person seen on the video, Aliana Kunes, apologized. But the second person…

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