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Bizarre fundraiser set up so Ole Miss student in racist doorbell video 'doesn't apologize' raises $30k
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A fundraiser has been started for one of the Ole Miss students caught making racist noises and gestures on the doorbell camera of black students’ apartment.
Three women were featured in the short - but shocking - video, one of whom has now apologized.
The racist incident was captured on a doorbell camera
Three women, believed to all be students at the University of Mississippi, were seen behaving in a racist fashion outside an apartment inhabited by three black students.
One, Alaina Kunes, has already been identifed and has given a formal apology and made her excuses - such as they are - as well as no longer being a student at Ole Miss.
It is not know whether Kunes was removed from the university or whether she withdrew.
Now, a strange fundraiser has been set up to encourage one of the other women identified, Lauren Mayfield, in order to have her not apologize for her actions.
Even more bizarre, the fundraiser has already raised nearly $30,000 of a $50,000 goal.
In the statement announcing the GiveSendGo campaign, the creator Tom Hennessey wrote: "Lauren Mayfield is one of the Ole Miss girls caught on a Ring camera outside of an apartment.
"While they were walking alone she and the others allegedly made monkey noises and gestures.
"The university has opened an investigation and called the behavior 'deeply troubling, hurtful, and unacceptable.’
"One of the others, Alaina Kunes, has already issued the standard groveling apology.”
It continues: "She did nothing wrong. She did not assault anyone.
“She did not break any law. She made noises in a public walkway.
"The rest is a campus bureaucracy and online mob treating a juvenile stunt as a hate crime because the residents were black.
"The same institutions that excuse actual violence, riots, and anti-White rhetoric when the identities flip are now treating this as grounds for expulsion, doxxing, death threats, and career destruction.
"This is the pattern.
"Notice something ordinary or make a crude joke, get identified, then the full apparatus activates: university investigation, kosher media framing as 'racist incident,' pressure to apologize and self-flagellate, and professional/social ruin if you refuse. Lauren has so far refused. That is the only reason this matters.
"The fundraiser is to cover lost income or opportunities, and anything else required so she does not have to fold.
"No apologies. No 'I didn’t know.' No bending the knee.
"Donate so the next girl (or guy) who gets the same treatment has a reason not to issue the scripted statement."
The statement concludes: "I reserve the right to cancel this fundraiser if Lauren disavows our support and bends the knee.”
Yikes.
The fundraiser has already received thousands in support
Oddly, there appears to be an audience for this - and they are willing to part with their money.
“Best of luck fighting the woke mob,” wrote one $20 donater.
“Encouragement from Philadelphia,” said another.
So far, Mayfield has made no statement at all, and there is no clear reason behind the fundraiser as no loss of earnings or similar have yet been reported.
The original footage was shocking to most
The footage came to light last week when student Kakiyra Metcalfe shared the video on TikTok.
She and her three roommates have since appeared on CBS to discuss the incident.
After the fact, Kunes identified herself and described her behavior as ‘insensitive, inappropriate and deeply harmful’ and told ABC24 that she had 'never met the women involved and was unaware of their race’.
“As I intend to cooperate fully with the University’s investigation, I ask for privacy for my family,” she continued.
“I understand the seriousness of this situation and remain committed to taking responsibility and learning from this embarrassing ordeal.”
The university itself condemned the behavior and said that it had reached out to the students in the apartment and offered support.
The incident remains under investigation.