that it's like this completely different class than all the other classes. it's just a normal class and this is academic freedom. >> reporter: critical race theory has been around since the 1980s. a spokesperson for ol miss says it's been taught here for over ten years. the assistant professor evette butler who teaches the class now says the focused that's been placed on crt is a direct backlash to reckoning in the u.s. after the summer of 2020. >> we're not focused on things like guilt and shame. my focus as a legal educator is to get them to think like lawyers. and in order to be an effective lawyer, you have to be able to think critically, you have to be able to consider multiple sides of an issue. >> reporter: senator mcdaniel disagrees. he says crt doesn't make better lawyers, but rather teaches them victimhood and blame. while the title of his bill is critical race theory, the rmain text does not define what it is. >> when you hear students say