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Mississippi. the state senate passing a law banning teaching in public schools including universities. but a republican law students at the university of mississippi is pushing back saying the c.r.t. class she is taking is the most impacketful and enlightening class she ever had. and the gop lawmakers behind the ban are misinformed. more tonight from nick valencia. >> this is mississippi state senator chris mcdaniel and if he gets his way critical race theory will be banned from being taught in the state which rarely happens anyway but we'll get to that in a second. critical race theory is the...

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 racia...

Teaching such as these is taking away the opportunity for people from every background and race to come together and discuss very important topics which would otherwise go undiscussed. >> it's just like any other theory based task we take in law school. i don't want people to think it's like this completely different class than all the other classes we're taking. it's just another class, and this academic freedom and people are taking that away from me. >> reporter: critical race theory has been around since the 1980s. it's been taught here for over ten years. the assistant professor who teach...

That it's like this completely different class than all the other classes. it's just a normal class and this is academic freedom. >> reporter: critical race theory has been around since the 1980s. a spokesperson for ol miss says it's been taught here for over ten years. the assistant professor evette butler who teaches the class now says the focused that's been placed on crt is a direct backlash to reckoning in the u.s. after the summer of 2020. >> we're 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 effectiv...

Breathe, can take you from a ten maybe to a seven. and seven is still not very good, but you can get your job done. >> reporter: they also journal, acknowledge what they feel and learn healthy way to say decompress. >> the cumulative trauma of dealing with that day after day after day after day, through surge after surge, there's going to be a cost. just like when a combat soldier goes outside the wire. >> reporter: this gentleman recognizes the parallels. >> i served in the military army reserves for 18 1/2 years. i've been deployed twice. afghanistan was a good example of what i saw compared...