The black Ole Miss students who were racially taunted by white women claim that one of their tormentors continued to make offensive gestures when they confronted her.
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Jakiyra Metcalf, Kaiden Caldwell and Victoria G Johnson were inside their apartment on Friday evening when they discovered a group of three white women facing their doorbell camera as they made monkey noises and pounded their chests.
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Metcalf, 18, was the first to see the disturbing clip, and after she did, she and Johnson went outside to confront the women about what they did, the freshman students told CBS Mornings on Wednesday.
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One of the white women, who has since been identified as Alaina Kunes, apologized to them, but another woman, who they say lives in their complex, continued to taunt them.
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'She continued to make the gestures after the girl was apologizing.
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It was like a slap in the face,' Johnson said.
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When asked how they reacted to that, Metcalf recalled telling the white women that they should not go around doing that because it's 'very disrespectful.'
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'I had said that I don’t think they should go around, even if they did go to other people’s doors and do that.
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I don’t think they should because it’s very disrespectful,' Johnson told the outlet.
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Kunes has since issued a public apology that claimed she had never met the women and did not know of their race before they approached the door that night.
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Jakiyra Metcalf, Kaiden Caldwell and Victoria G Johnson, and Johnson's mother, Chiquita Lao, have spoken out for the first time following the now-viral video
Three white Ole Miss students made monkey noises and pounded their chests as they looked into the doorbell camera of an apartment belonging to black students on Friday night
'I would have never intentionally made those noises or gestures toward a person of color.
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I have apologized to the women and I pray they will forgive me.
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'I can never truly understand the pain I have caused them and it was never my intention,' she continued.
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Kunes, who said she will cooperate with the school's investigation into the incident, has since withdrawn from Ole Miss in response to the harassment she is now facing from other students and the community, TMZ reported on Tuesday.
Her and her friends' shocking behavior was caught on video and later posted online by Metcalf with the caption: 'What do we have to say about this?'
In the comments, Metcalf stated that the apartment complex is off-campus, but the university said it leases student housing there.
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The video quickly went viral and sparked outrage across the country.
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Ole Miss also condemned the incident.
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In a statement shared to the campus community, Shawnboda Mead, the vice chancellor of student affairs, said: 'Over the weekend, a video circulated on social media showing University of Mississippi students engaging in racist gestures directed toward other students.
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The behavior depicted in this video is deeply troubling, hurtful, and unacceptable.
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We condemn the behavior as it does not reflect our university’s values or the kind of community we strive to be every day.
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An investigation into the incident is ongoing and all of the students involved have been approached by the school.
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When asked if they forgive Kunes after her apology, Metcalf said they have conflicting feelings about it.
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'I feel like no matter who we are or if she knew our race or not, but the gestures and the noises, I feel like it’s still very disrespectful.
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I just have mixed feelings about it,' she shared.
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Caldwell said the same, adding that an apology can not take back what happened.
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I appreciate the apology, but I feel like it still doesn’t change what has happened on that Friday because it’s still hurtful and it’s still devastating that someone would come to our door and do that,' Caldwell explained.
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After learning that Kunes has withdrawn from the school, Chiquita Lao, Johnson's mother, said she has mixed feelings about it.
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'As a human being, I hate to hear that because, you know, the children are our future.
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But I feel like everybody needs to be accountable,' Lao stated.
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Although the incident has rattled them, Metcalf, Caldwell and Johnson said they will continue to study at Ole Miss, where they study nursing, radiology and psychology.
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Johnson also hopes that the incident will encourage others to come forward when something similar happens to them.
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The other two girls in the video have not been publicly identified
'I want people to be mindful of their actions but I also want people who would potentially experience the same situations to speak out and don’t let things be swept under the rug,' she said.
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Johnson added: 'Because this is a reality for us and I feel like voices need to be heard.'
The three of them have agreed that it is up to the university about potential disciplinary actions toward the women involved.
When approached by the Daily Mail, the law firm representing Kunes said: 'We have no comment beyond the existing statement.'
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