A counterdemonstration against a Gaza war protest at the University of Mississippi turned ugly when one counterprotester appeared to make monkey noises and gestures at a Black woman. A Republican congressman praised the hecklers.
Israel-Hamas war demonstrations at the University of Mississippi turned ugly this week when one counterprotester appeared to make monkey noises and gestures at a Black student in a raucous gathering that was endorsed by a far-right congressman from Georgia. “Ole Miss taking care of business,” Republican U.S. Rep. Mike Collins wrote Friday on the social platform X with a link to a video showing racist jeers.
The student newspaper, the Daily Mississippian, reported that about 30 protesters on the Oxford campus billed themselves as UMiss for Palestine. Videos and photos from the event showed the protesters were in a grassy area near the main library, blocked off by barriers erected by campus security. They chanted, “Free, free Palestine,' and carried Palestinian flags and signs with slogans including, “Stop the Genocide' and “U.S. bombs take Palestine lives.” Student journalist Stacey J.
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