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Turn us against each other. and if someone has a different color skin, seeks to make us hate that person. and let me tell you right now, critical race theory is bigoted, it is a lie, and it is every bit as racist as klansmen in white sheets. >> that last part, pretty stunning. joining me now is shavar jefferies, president of democrats for education reform. welcome to you, and thank you, because i know you're a father. let me get your reaction to the comments from senator cruz. he used the argument that we hear from many republicans, that teaching critical race theory is divisive. what is your ...

Wasn't as comprehensive as it was. in the jim crow period, there were arguments jim crow wasn't what it was. so senator cruz is part of this long tradition of denying the realities of race in this country and even more, exploiting racism for political purposes. that's what he is doing here. the idea that the klan, the klan lynched black people. the klan participated in initiative race riots that murdered black people. the idea that teaching the reality of the ways in which racism is embedded into the foundational legal infrastructure of our country is equivalent to those who committed murder i...