Editors of the Texas State University Star told readers "we screwed up" this week after publishing an opinion column that called whiteness "an abomination."

Under the headline "Your DNA is an abomination," columnist Rudy Martinez wrote, "I hate you [whites] because you shouldn't exist. You are both the dominant apparatus on the planet and the void in which all other cultures, upon meeting you, die."

The student newspaper immediately faced backlash for publishing the column, and removed it from its website. In an editorial Thursday, the paper's editors said Martinez had been fired.

Denise M. Trauth, president of the San Marcos university, called the column "abhorrent."

I am deeply troubled by the racist opinion column published in the Nov. 28, 2017, issue of the University Star. Read my statement at https://t.co/e0K8tI1gD8 — Denise M. Trauth (@TXSTPresident) November 29, 2017

"While I appreciate that the Star is a forum for students to freely express their opinions, I expect student editors to exercise good judgment in determining the content that they print," she said in a statement.

While the Texas State student government president, Connor Clegg, called for the Star's editors to step down, the school's Pan African Action Committee in turn called on Clegg to resign for threatening the student paper.

An official statement from The Pan African Action Committee in response to a recent letter from @txstSG President Connor Clegg. #TXST pic.twitter.com/qWnr8qQ4fP — Pan-African Action Committee (@PanAfricanAct) November 30, 2017

Those student editors say they've "received hate mail and numerous death threats" since the column was published and are reviewing their guidelines for "truth, transparency and diversity of thought."