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So schools are embracing this ideology and forcing white teachers to feel ashamed. >> this comment is asking me to explain why not wanting critical race theory in the classroom is racist. thanks for asking me this question. i would love to expand. >> it talks about the system we have. the laws we have. how all those are designed to oppress people groups. the prison industrial system, the military industrial system. all of those are used to oppress people groups. by teaching this in the classroom we can show kids with systems need to be challenged. racism isn't going to be fixed by me going to ...

Racist. so schools are embracing this ideology and forcing white teachers to feel ashamed. >> this comment is asking me to explain why not wanting critical race theory in the classroom is racist. thanks for asking me this question. i would love to expand. >> it talks about the system we have. the laws we have. how all those are designed to oppress people groups. the prison industrial system, the military industrial system. all of those are used to oppress people groups. by teaching this in the classroom we can show kids with systems need to be challenged. racism isn't going to be fixed by me g...

Crimes. you hear what's coming out of this administration, private prisons, you know, they are on the rise, more people are investing in private prisons again based upon the proposals that are being put in place by this president. so therefore it shows already that proposal is the prison industrial system where they plan to incarcerate us on minor affairs and no one wants to talk about that from the administration. we cannot allow that to happen, we will not allow that to happen and with all this other conversation that's going on, even talking about russia, we want to talk about the issues th...

I'm wondering what might be the power of that level of intersectional intergenerational movement? >> it really is where we need to go as a nation and as a movement. we talk about this a lot at my organization because we sit very much at the crossroads of movements for economic justice and racial justice. we have this vantage point of these different communities having very similar fights that really all come down to whose lives matter whose voices count. we're able to make a connection between mass incarceration, the role of money in politics and driving the prison industrial system and also o...

And it is terrible on economics and the prison industrial system pays $10 million to make that happen. we have to stop that. >> we have to leave it there. russell simmons, thank you so much. appreciate it. >> a pleasure. >> for a look at russell simmons behind the scenes visit cnn.com. . your doctor will say get smart about your weight. i tried weight loss plans... but their shakes aren't always made for people with diabetes. that's why there's glucerna hunger smart shakes. they have carb steady, with carbs that digest slowly to help minimize blood sugar spikes. and they have six grams of suga...