An eighth grade student at the school said he lost respect for his teacher after hearing his comment.
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.That's when Luellen took out his phone to record his teacher's conversation.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 because, like, why would you just say that to kids?" Luellen said.Following the remarks, the school district fired the teacher.
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