these takes away the opportunity from people every background and race to come together and discuss important topics which would otherwise go undiscussed. it s like any other theory based class taking in law school. i don t want people to think it s completely different class than all the classes we re taking. it s a normal class. academic freedom and people are taking it away from plea. incriminate race theory has been around since the 1980s saying it s been auto here over ten years. assistant professor who teaches the class now says the focus on crt is a backlash to the perceived racial reckoning in the u.s. after the summer of 2020. we are not focused on things like guilt and shame. my focus as a legal educate are is to get them to think like lawyers. in order to be an effective lawyer you have to be able to think critically. you have to consider multiple sides of an issue. 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 main text does not define what it is. and when you hear students say that this limits the academic freedom. it doesn t. there are only so many hours in the day. we re not talking about censoring books or censoring thoughts or ideas. she is perfectly able to continue her course of study the same way many of us do outside of the presence of a professor. or better said outside of taxpayers having to subsidize the message. the bill is in the hands of the mississippi house and they have until march to vote on it. senator mcdaniel says he expects the bill to pass with minimal changes. though educators we spoke to in the state say that crt is currently not being taught in any k through 12 classes in the state. it is, however, an elective taut in law schools across the country why professor butts letter says if crt is banned her students would be at a disadvantage. don. thank you, nick.
theory taking place in mississippi. the state senate passing a law banning its teaching in public schools, including universities. but a republican law student at the university of mississippi is pushing back. saying the crt class she s currently taking is the most impactful and enlightening class she s ever had. and that gop lawmakers behind the ban are misinformed. more tonight from cnn s nick valencia. reporter: this is mississippi state senator chris mcdaniel. and if he gets his way, critical-race theory will be banned from being taught in the state, which rarely happens, anyway, but we ll get to that in a second. critical-race theory is the concept of seeking to understand and address inequality and racism in the united states. the framework of crt reporter: mcdaniel recently co-authored senate bill 2113, which says no school shall direct or compel students to affirm that any sex, race, ethnicity, religion, or national origin is inherently superior or
these takes away the opportunity from people every background and race to come together and discuss important topics which would otherwise go undiscussed. it s like any other theory based class taking in law school. i don t want people to think it s completely different class than all the classes we re taking. it s a normal class. academic freedom and people are taking it away from plea. incriminate race theory has been around since the 1980s saying it s been auto here over ten years. assistant professor who teaches the class now says the focus on crt is a backlash to the perceived racial reckoning in the u.s. after the summer of 2020. we are not focused on things like guilt and shame. my focus as a legal educate are is to get them to think like lawyers. in order to be an effective lawyer you have to be able to think critically. you have to consider multiple sides of an issue. senator mcdaniel disagrees. he says crt doesn t make better lawyers but rather teaches them
where the next battles are going to be. i don t have a lot of time left, but i want to get to both of you. same question, megan. what does this broadcast about what these midterms are going to look like? the midterms are going to be a mess. i think that the focus on ketanji brown jackson s record on crime, the focus on crt, all these bad faith acts that are nonsensical, they re replaying the virginia governor s race. they thought they had a big winner with the crt panic, so they re bringing that back, bringing back the fearmongering about crime in big cities. they don t have a governing agenda. mitch mcconnell explicitly said they have no governing agendy for the next two years so they re going to work on making people afraid and hope that gins up votes among particularly white women in the suburbs. that plays out last week. what does this tell you about the gop? what does it tell you about the gop? that when they cannot come up with real things to real