A viral video showing two white University of Mississippi students making monkey noises and gestures outside an apartment shared by three Black students is prompting a national conversation about racism, consequences and what accountability should look like for young adults.
The incident also has a Wisconsin connection.
One of the women publicly identified in the video, 18-year-old freshman Alaina Kunes, is a Wisconsin native and the daughter of Scott Kunes, the former chief operating officer of Wisconsin-based Kunes Auto Group. Her grandfather, Gregg Kunes, owns the company. The business has said Alaina Kunes has no employment, ownership or professional connection to the company.
On Point Taken, the viral incident sparked a larger discussion about whether young people are becoming more comfortable with racially offensive behavior — or whether cameras and social media simply make that behavior easier to document and amplify.
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