>> as a parent, it's tough to catch everything. so when my son showed me his reading assignment, my heart sunk. it was some of the most explicit material you can imagine. i met with lawmakers. they couldn't believe what i was showing them. their faces turned bright red with embarrassment. >> she's talking about toney mor morrison's "beloved." i mean, it is exhausting. i learned this week in a great piece in "the new york times" that over 20,000 native americans were enslaved in california in 1850, even though slavery was outlawed at that time. this is the importance of critical race theory. this is not, you know, the boogeyman the gop is making it out to be. what are your thoughts here? >> well, good morning, tiffany. good morning, panelists. thank you very much. from the beginning, let me start off by saying that i was