Pflugerville teacher fired after video shows him saying 'I'm a racist' to middle school students

PFLUGERVILLE, Texas -- A Texas middle school teacher was fired on Monday after he was caught on video admitting to his class that he's a racist.

It happened at Bohls Middle School in Pflugerville, a suburb of Austin, when an eighth-grade student was denied to use the bathroom.
[Ads /]
Karmello Luellen,13, said the teacher told him he couldn't go because he is a racist.

That's when Luellen took out his phone to record his teacher's conversation.

"I said I am a racist. That's what I said," the teacher said in the video.

The student, caught off-guard, said he no longer felt the same about the educator.



"Kind of made me mad because, like I had respect for him, but I don't really respect him (anymore) because, like, why would you just say that to kids?" Luellen said.
[Ads /]
Others in the class said that this wasn't the teacher's first time displaying racist behavior.

Following the remarks, the school district fired the teacher.

RELATED: Klein ISD teacher resigns after video captures him saying racial slur during class