On a doorbell camera at an apartment near the University of Mississippi, two students are seen making monkey gestures and sounds at the door of a home where several Black students live. The footage has reached the public, and CBS's Jericka Duncan has spoken with the residents, who describe the act as a slap in the face. What the record does not yet hold is the answer to the questions that tend to follow such moments: what the institution will do, and whether the law will take notice.
Black University of Mississippi Students Describe Racist Incident Captured on Doorbell Camera
Several Black students were subjected to racist gestures and sounds outside their home, an experience they described as deeply hurtful.
Recorded at the entrance to a home, by the residents' own doorbell camera
Mark
What actually happened here?
Mimi
Two University of Mississippi students were recorded on a Ring camera outside an apartment, making monkey gestures and sounds. The apartment is home to several Black students.
Mark
And the students inside spoke to CBS?
Mimi
Yes, Jericka Duncan interviewed them. They described it as feeling like a slap in the face.
Luke
Worth noting how little detail we have. Do we know when this happened?
Mimi
No. The source gives no date for the incident.
Luke
Do we know the two students' names, or whether the university has acted?
Mimi
Neither. There's no mention of discipline, a statement, or police involvement.
Mark
So why does it matter?
Mimi
Because it happened at someone's front door, and the footage exists. The residents' account carries the human weight.
Luke
Agreed, but the reporting here is thin. The video and the interview are the confirmed parts; everything about consequences is still unknown.
Mark
Then the follow-up is the story.
Mimi
Exactly. A university response is what to look for next.
O Pulso
- A doorbell camera caught two students mimicking monkeys at the threshold of a home shared by Black students.
- The residents describe the act as a slap in the face, aimed at them inside the place they live.
- The footage is spreading, and the public now holds a record that cannot be unseen.
- No university response, disciplinary decision, or police involvement has yet been reported, leaving the outcome open.
On a doorbell camera at an apartment near the University of Mississippi, two students are seen making monkey gestures and sounds at the door of a home where several Black students live. The footage has reached the public, and CBS's Jericka Duncan has spoken with the residents, who describe the act as a slap in the face. What the record does not yet hold is the answer to the questions that tend to follow such moments: what the institution will do, and whether the law will take notice.
A doorbell camera outside an apartment near the University of Mississippi recorded two students making monkey gestures and sounds. The apartment belongs to several Black students, and the footage shows exactly what happened at their door.
CBS News correspondent Jericka Duncan sat down with the students who live inside. They described the incident as feeling like a slap in the face. The sting of that phrase is the point: this was not a prank passing by on the sidewalk but something directed at them in their own home.
The reporting is still thin. It does not say when the incident occurred, how many residents were home, or whether the two students on camera have been named. It also does not say how the footage first became public.
No response has been recorded yet. Whether the university will comment, open a conduct review, or whether police will be called are questions that usually follow video like this, and they remain unanswered. For now, the residents' account is that the experience was deeply hurtful.
A doorbell camera outside an apartment near the University of Mississippi recorded two students making monkey gestures and sounds. The apartment belongs to several Black students, and the footage, from a Ring device, shows what happened at their door.
CBS News correspondent Jericka Duncan went to speak with the students who live inside. The headline on the segment says they described the incident as feeling like a slap in the face, and that phrase frames how they received it: not as a prank or a passing insult, but as something aimed at them in their own home.
The facts available are limited. The source identifies the two people on camera as University of Mississippi students and the residents as Black students sharing the apartment. It does not say when the incident happened, how many residents were home, or whether the two students were identified by name. It also does not say who first made the footage public or how it reached CBS.
Nor does the material describe any response yet. It does not say whether the university has commented or opened a conduct review, or whether police have been contacted. Those are the questions that usually follow when video like this circulates, and the reporting here does not answer them.
What the footage does establish is a specific act, recorded at a specific kind of place: the entrance to a home. The residents' account, as CBS presents it, is that the experience was deeply hurtful.
What to watch next is whether the university responds publicly, whether any disciplinary action is announced, and whether law enforcement becomes involved as the video spreads.
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The students described the incident as feeling like a slap in the face.— Black University of Mississippi students, as reported by CBS News
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