After A Video Of This Ole Miss Student Beating Their Chest Like An Ape Outside Of A Black Student's Door Went Mega Viral, They Have Now Issued An Apology

A University of Mississippi pupil caught on video making racist sounds and manus gestures extracurricular of an flat occupied by 3 Black students says she is “committed to taking responsibility” for her actions.

Alaina Kunes, 18, issued a connection done a household lawyer Tuesday amid reports that she’s withdrawn from school aft the online disapproval she and different pupil person received successful caller days.

“To the women I offended and to the Ole Miss community, I sincerely apologize,” she said successful the statement, per CBS affiliate WREG-TV. “Before the incidental connected November 6, I ne'er met the women progressive and was unaware of their race, however, I admit my actions were insensitive, inappropriate, and profoundly harmful. I would ne'er genuinely recognize the symptom I person caused them and what I did is not a reflection of who I americium trying to become.”

Kunes went connected to convey section authorities for their assistance aft she and her family “received decease threats and harassment” pursuing the incident. 

“As I mean to cooperate afloat with the University’s investigation, I inquire for privateness for my family,” she added. “I recognize the seriousness of the concern and stay committed to taking work and learning from this embarrassing ordeal.”

The Nov. 6 video, captured via a doorbell camera, shows Kunes and different achromatic pistillate ― whose sanction has not been publically confirmed ― seemingly imitating a monkey oregon an ape successful beforehand of an flat occupied by freshmen students Jakiyra Metcalf, Kaiyden Caldwell and Victoria Johnson, who are Black. They are accompanied by a 3rd pistillate who does not halt astatine the door.

The clip rapidly went viral connected TikTok and has been viewed much than 12 cardinal times arsenic of Wednesday. Over the weekend, University of Mississippi’s Vice Chancellor Shawnboda Mead issued a statement addressing the “deeply troubling” footage, calling the achromatic students’ actions “hurtful” and “unacceptable.”

“We condemn the behaviour arsenic it does not bespeak our university’s values oregon the benignant of assemblage we strive to beryllium each day,” Mead said. “While pupil privateness laws bounds what we tin stock astir idiosyncratic students, including immoderate imaginable disciplinary action, delight cognize that this substance is being taken seriously.” 

Metcalf, Caldwell and Johnson appeared connected “CBS Mornings” Wednesday, and successful the interview, Metcalf confirmed she and Johnson aboriginal confronted Kunes and the different pistillate seen successful the video.

Kunes apologized, but the different pistillate did not, they said. 

“I admit the apology, but I consciousness similar it inactive doesn’t alteration what happened connected that Friday,” Caldwell said. “It’s inactive hurtful and it’s inactive devastating that idiosyncratic would travel to our camera and bash that.”

 This nonfiction primitively appeared connected HuffPost.