Officials at the University of Mississippi (Ole Miss) are investigating a viral doorbell-camera video showing alleged racist gestures and “monkey” noises directed toward Black students at an apartment building.
Multiple outlets describe footage captured by a Ring security camera outside a Black student or students’ home. The video shows women imitating monkeys, including chest-beating and monkey-sound gestures, as they pass by or approach the door.
Outlets largely frame the incident as racist and outside campus values. ABC News and CBS News emphasize the university’s condemnation and investigation, while The Independent and Prensa Latina add that the mother of the targeted student is urging the university to respond. New York Post and Daily Mail foreground the viral nature of the clip and identify the student posting or sharing it, while Breitbart highlights the event as outrage-fuelling content. Across all reports, Ole Miss is described as launching or carrying out an investigation following the widespread circulation of the video.
