Black Ole Miss student calls for answers after Ring camera captures women making monkey noises outside her apartment

Jakiyra Metcalf shared the disturbing footage on TikTok, prompting outrage and renewed questions about racial harassment at the University of Mississippi.

A Black student at the University of Mississippi is calling for answers after her Ring doorbell camera captured two white women making monkey noises and gestures outside an apartment she shares with two other Black female students.

Jakiyra Metcalf posted the footage on TikTok Friday, Nov. 6, tagging Ole Miss and asking the university to respond.

“Ole Miss?? What do we have to say about this??” she wrote.

The video, recorded at approximately 8:37 p.m., shows three white women approaching the apartment. One beats her chest while making monkey noises, and another moves closer to the camera and imitates the sounds. A third woman follows them but does not appear to participate.

Metcalf later revealed in the comments that the women were not strangers.

“We just found out they are our upstairs neighbors,” she wrote, adding that she would share an update when more information became available.

The footage quickly went viral, drawing widespread condemnation and calls for university officials to investigate. Social media users began circulating the names of women they believed appeared in the video, although their identities and enrollment status have not been independently confirmed.

According to reports, the mother of one of the apartment’s residents also spoke out on Facebook, expressing concern for her daughter and her roommates.

“College is supposed to be a place where young adults can learn, grow, and feel safe,” she wrote, describing the behavior as “absolutely disgusting and unacceptable.”

She also called on the university to explain how it intends to address the incident.

“What steps will be taken to address this behavior and ensure accountability?” she asked.

According to the original reporting from Where Is The Buzz, the mother said university officials had seen the footage. However, Ole Miss had not publicly confirmed an investigation or announced disciplinary action as of the initial reports.

The incident recalls a similar controversy at Ole Miss in May 2024, when a white student was filmed making monkey noises and gestures toward Black graduate student Jaylin Smith during a campus demonstration about the war in Gaza. His fraternity, Phi Delta Theta, subsequently expelled him, and the university launched a student conduct investigation.

The university’s history with race stretches back to 1962, when James Meredith became its first Black student amid violent resistance to integration.

As Metcalf awaits an outcome from Ole Miss, the public has expressed concerns about the safety of her and her roommates. If the women they say were making racist gestures outside their doors are indeed their upstairs neighbors, what happens next and what steps will be taken to ensure the students feel safe in their own home?