you know, we ve been talking a lot about racism in this country and race relations more broadly. after the fatal police beating of tyre nichols, an unarmed black man, there s been conversations about race, policing and about power and its abuse for years. complicated, of course, by the fact that the five officers charged in nichols death are also black. that s about how we teach about the legacy of race and racism in this country. and why it s become, frankly, so controversial. especially in places like florida, where the republican governor, ron desantis, have been slamming a new a.p. african-american studies course. tonight, the college board is out with changing to the curriculum, raising questions about why they chose to remove certain topics. look at this traffic. for 42 years, not knowing this man was killed right here, from that moment, was never the same. reporter: the man was arthur mcduffie, a black father, beaten to death by white police officers in 1979. the o
about. i don t know how you educate without challenging one s mind or misconceptions and preconceived notions. thanks for your time in explaining all you have tonight. i appreciate it. you re welcome. thank you, too. i want to turn to our panel. editor at the national review and ashley allison and political analyst, maura barone lopez is here with me, as well. going to begin with you on this point. you had a chance to speak with the college board in some respect about what the process looks like from here. tell us about it. yeah. newshour spoke with the ceo of the college board and he told us what professor patterson said. this final kcurriculum was developed as early as december. even before the steps were taken by florida governor desantis. if florida decides not to accept the final document they are not
the classroom. teaching them they re oppress sores, is teaching to be victims. if my mom cannot read a book at the school board meeting because it s too vulgar, why would we allow our kids to read it in the classroom? [ applause ] to fix that, we should demand that parents have access to their child s kcurriculum. let s discuss with ana navarro and cnn political analyst natasha alfred are both here. hi, everyone. senator scott digging in on critical race theory. kids notsorers oppressors, what did you think of his speech? interesting and powerful because it s hard to argue with tim scott because tim scott is a black man who grew up in the south. so when he says this is what i
outbreak than those with mandates. another one, critical race theory, a concept that is taught in law school. the moms for liberty new hampshire chapter offering a $500 bounty for anyone who turns in a teacher using crt in the classroom. the governor banned crt in the k through 12 kcurriculum. do you support the $500 reward? i do think it was the best, probably not. reporter: they stand by the moms. where it caught? meklinburg, north carolina. i hear in the news, it s not being caught. it s not in k through 12 schools. i had a hard time finding it. i will help you after the
ties between the two. it was a historic first for a sitting d.c. mayor and further evidence of the changing city that the students here with one day lead. you ve all gone here to school all your school life? i ve been here since prek. got here in fifth grade. what took you so long? waiting list. the waiting list? i was on the waiting list since kindergarten. really? yes. do you like it here? i do. i like the kir licurriculum, cl and teachers. kcurriculum. the love the diversity. there is people of from basically everywhere here, and it s great. when you re here, do you think about the white house and all that stuff and things you see going on there? it s always on my mind. i know that there was like this event happening where about the kkk going there. i have friends that live here and they were going to go there and i didn t want anything to happen to them because of most of my friends are hispanic and