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