An unnamed Texas middle school teacher at a Pflugerville ISD middle school is “no longer employed” after video footage captured what administrators describe as an “inappropriate” conversation between him and his students, the district told ABC News.
The teacher hasn’t been publicly identified by school officials. The video clip of the educator at Bohls Middle School has since went viral.
In the video, the teacher tells a few students inside a classroom saying, “Deep down in my heart, I’m ethnocentric, which means I think my race is the superior one.”
Joshua Howard Luellen, better known as the record producer Southside, posted a video of the incident involving his son on his Instagram page. The producer explained in the caption that he’s teaching his child to always stand up for himself.
“[My son] called me the other day and said dad I have a c im trying to get my grade up but my teacher is a racists,” Southside wrote. “I don’t understand how we’re still in a world where I kno I am probably more intelligent I have accomplished way more in life than this guy,” he wrote, adding “legally my son Wants a education and he is being denied that this s–t is sad.”
Dr. Shante Lyons, a parent of student at the school, described the situation as disheartening and said it’s most upsetting that children went through it in real time, KVUE reported. In a statement, Pflugerville Independent School District Superintendent Dr. Douglas Killian apologized for “any undue stress or concern this has caused” and claimed that the teacher’s “inappropriate conversation” did not reflect the district’s core values.
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