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Taught to respect each other and to treat each other and value each other as individuals and not to hate or resent other races or classes of people. that is what we are trying to do with this bill there. is evidence dank -- >> greta: let me ask you, as i look at this i'm struck. are there classes taught in arizona where they are promoting resentment towards race or a class of people? are there classes in arizona where they promote the overthrow of our government? this is actually taught and encouraged? >> yes, that is correct. the evidence is there. we've had for example, one of the teachers f...

Br jan brewer is under fire for banning ethnic studies teaching in the schools. the superintendent has long pushed for the law because he believes mexican-american studies divides students by race. i spoke with margaret garcia dugane dugan, deputy superintendent of schools and cathy areu contributing editor for "the washington post," masters of education and author of "latino wisdom." margaret, let me start with you, the driver behind this was the chicana or mexican-americanstud studies in the tucson district, what is wrong with the program? >> it divides students based on nationality and we b...