republican controlled mississippi house education committee. now, in her second year at the university of mississippi school of law, brittani murphy shocked her conservative friends and family when she signed up for a class on critical race theory. she told them, quote, i am either going to completely agree with this or am going to be able to say, no, this class is terrible. the best way to have an opinion about this class is literally to take it. imagine that. joining us now is molly reporter covering higher education for mississippi today. both digital nonprofit newsrooms. she reported the story inside mississippi s only class on critical race theory. molly, great story. what s surprised you while you are talking to brittani murphy for your story? first, thank you so much. so, critical race theory, it has been a really big topic during the legislative session
race. and you would be surprised to read this headline, inside mississippi s only class on critical race theory. you would be surprised to learn that this one and only class is taught at a law school. and it is an elective. and you will be very surprised to learn that an admittedly conservative white student in the class said this about it. to date, this course has been the most impactful and enlightening course i have taken throughout my entire undergraduate career and graduate education at the state of mississippi s flagship university. an opportunity for people from every background and race to come together and discuss very important topics which would otherwise go on discussed. that is from a letter that a law student sent to the republican controlled mississippi house education committee. now, in her second year at the
Second-year law student Brittany Murphee warned that banning CRT "declares that Mississippians are structured in hate and rooted in a great deal of ignorance."