butler, who teaches the class now, says the focus that's been placed on crt is a direct 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 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 afteren 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 main text does not defwine what it i. when you hear a student say this limits their academic em freedom? >> it doesn't. there is only so many hours in the day. we are 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