Jakiyra Metcalf Seeks Ole Miss Response To Racist Doorstep Harassment

The University of Mississippi responded after a doorbell camera recorded two women making monkey noises and gestures outside of Jakiyra Metcalf’s apartment, which she shares with two other Black women.

The recording carries an 8:37 P.M. timestamp from November 6. One woman jumps into view, beats her chest and makes the noises. A second moves closer to the camera and repeats them. A third walks behind the pair but does not appear to join in, according to the footage described by TheGrio.

Metcalf posted the clip on TikTok and tagged Ole Miss.

“What do we have to say about this ??” she wrote. She later added, “We just found out they are our upstairs neighbors,” and said she would share an update when she received one.

“We are committed to maintaining a safe and welcoming environment for all of our students, faculty, staff, and visitors and will follow our processes to ensure the well-being and safety of our community,” the university said, adding that an investigation is underway.

That location raises a direct safety concern beyond the viral reaction. The conduct happened at the students’ home, where avoiding the people in the recording may not be simple if Metcalf’s account of the neighbor relationship is accurate.

The university already publishes a process for incidents involving alleged racial bias. Its Campus Climate Concern Form defines bias-related incidents as alleged harassment, intimidation or threats motivated in whole or in part by race and other protected identities.

The page says a response team reviews submissions to connect affected people with support.

Ole Miss also makes clear that the response team is not a disciplinary body. The university says its student conduct office, campus police or equal-opportunity officials decide whether they have jurisdiction and whether a possible policy or legal violation should be investigated.

Those published steps establish a route for review but do not show that any office has opened a case involving Metcalf’s video.

The footage arrives two years after another racist gesture drew scrutiny at Ole Miss.

In May 2024, a white counterprotester was recorded making monkey noises and gestures toward a Black graduate student during a campus demonstration.

His fraternity removed him, and the university opened a student conduct investigation.

Metcalf’s video has now reached millions of viewers while she waits for a response. The university has not announced any disciplinary outcome or verified identification of the women in the official materials reviewed for this report.