Inside the fight to teach the 'truth' in New Hampshire schools

The critical race theory debate has heated up across the country. Teachers in New Hampshire are suing the state over what they say is "anti-race education" legislation.

Since the start of the school year, some teachers in New Hampshire said they've been on edge due to a new policy that they said punishes those who teach about oppression in America's past and present.

"If you raise a generation without a moral backbone to recognize oppression, to recognize exclusion, to recognize a racial supremacy, then you raise a generation that will be amoral when they become the leaders," said Ryan Richman, a teacher in Plaistow, New Hampshire.

"We'll have no sense of right or wrong, because we have deemed that even looking at ourselves in the mirror and recognizing that the realities of the past are criminal."

The legislation says educators cannot teach that someone's race, sex, gender identity or other social status is inherently superior to someone else, or that someone is inherently racist or sexist, among other restrictions. Teachers can be reported by fellow teachers, parents or others and disciplined for potentially violating this policy.