farm loan request and 30 days for a white farm loan request. >> president biden in march provide $4 billion in loan relief to socially disadvantaged farmers and ranchers in his $1.9 trillion american rescue plan. >> this debt is designed to catch them up. >> we spoke to agriculture secretary in april about disparities in the last year alone. >> the covid relief packages announced prior to the rescue plan, of those self-identified farmers who were white, black or hispanic, black farmers received $20 million in help and white farmers $5.5 billion, and the reason is they were able to grow over the decades, able to fully utilize the full-extent of usda programs, black farmers were not able to do that because of

discrimination. >> but last week a federal judge in wisconsin halted those payments saying the use of race based criteria violates the right to equal protection under the law. >> it's one thing to help people because they themselves have been the victim of identifiable past discrimination. but it's a wholly other thing to hand out benefits or grant preference based solely on the color of one's skin. >> rick eisenburg is the president of the wisconsin institute of law and liberty, the firm representing 12 white farmers across 9 states that challenge the policy. >> you don't argue that systematic racism has disadvantaged black farmers in the past? >> certainly there have been some black farmers who have been discriminated against in the past. there was a lawsuit.

the way to stop discriminate nalting on the basis is race is to stop discriminating on the basis of race and to think there's a way to balance the scales by discriminating just a little bit. >> the usda isn't backing down telling cbs news we respectfully disagree with this order and will forcefully defends our ability to carry out this act of congress and deliver debt relief to socially disadvantaged borrowers. >> i wasn't aware that some farmers weren't receiving the same as other farmers. >> so ash and her husband james are plaintiffs in the suit. they breed hogs in jasper, missouri. >> only about four days old. >> i think it doesn't matter what color of skin you have, if you're a farmer you should be able to qualify and get those programs and grants. equality is best. especially from our government. >> at the turn of the last

century there were nearly 1 million black farmers in america. the usda now says there's only 45,000 in a country of 3 million farmers and less than 40% of them, 17,000 qualify for assistance. >> at the bottom they would use rocks on the farm. >> for boyd the numbers showcase decades of discrimination and disparity that he pledges he will fight to remedy. >> well, let me say this. i'm gonna die a farmer. i'm very optimistic about the future. but i want people to know that it's not gonna happen by itself. >> the debt relief program for black farmers was strongly opposed by the banking industry. the banks claim paying off the farmer's debt's all at once would cut off the profits in interest payments. growing number of state legislatures are considering

bills to limb incompetent how teachers can talk about race and sexism in the classroom what's called critical race theory which shapes our nation and society. now with that story. >> reporter: the way we tell our history is powerful and important. >> nashville 5th grade teacher brittany pascal is in the middle of a nationwide debate how race can and should be taught in schools. >> the discomfort is no excuse not to teach the real history. >> tennessee really passed gop national laws banning concepts dealing with racism and sexism. >> i think it's an assault on the craft of teaching to tell educators who go into the classrooms and do the hard work of teaching that they're not qualified enough to make the decisions best for their students. >> the new tennessee law outlines topics that can't be discussed in the classroom,

among them, that's a political system is racist or sexist or designed by a particular race or sex to opress others and that race or sex is inherently privileged, racist, sexist or privileged. >> we don't have clear evidence of it being overtly taught. >> is this preemptive. >> it is. >> senate majority leader jack johnson sponsored the bill. >> we want the teachers to teach about the progress that we've made an inequality e inequities that exist in society and myriad of reasons they exist that a teacher should talk about. >> racism is a big one. >> perhaps. again, we're not trying to stifle the conversation in the

classroom we want what we teach to be age-appropriate. >> our kids should be taught history and we have dark moments in our nation's history and those should be taught but can be done in a manner that doesn't leave a school child leaving the classroom feeling guilty about who they are. >> it's not about making white people feel bad about being white. >> he's taught critical race theory for nearly 15 years and says it is about understanding contemporary racism so we can be realized and dismantled in our society. >> it has nothing to do with being racist. it's about challenging racism and critical race theory is extraordinarily patriotic to ask us to do the hard work to be a democratic, free society. >> what is really about? what is the fear and concern as we talk more and more openly

about racism in our country >> i think parents are being frightened intentionally. strategists are pulling on people's fear to lure them into thinking horrible things about critical race theory and to get votes for midterms. >> critical race theory is bigoted and a lie, every bit as racist as the clansmen in white sheets. >> from political arena to school board meeting the battle for critical race theory heats up. >> it's not anti white and it's anti-american . >> right now there's no national standard for how and what history is taught in k through 12 school. each state sets its own standard

what they should learn. in 2020 found that seven states didn't mention slavery, 8 didn't mention the civil rights movement. only two mention white supremacy and we found this map referring to enslavined africans in 1775 as immigrants. >> pascal was also involved in local activism and told us she plans to continue to create a safe space for her students to learn. >> do you think this law will change how you teach currently? >> no. >> why not? practitioner to make sure everyone in the class has a responsive, and joyful living environment and i'm going to do that. >> in tennessee if teachers don't follow the law the

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journey james and shepard culver are certainly enjoying the ride. >> 7:00 in the morning. >> yeah, trying to beat the heat. >> reporter: it was 9-year-old shepard's idea to pedal to the statue of liberty. >> i was like that will take all summer, he's like that sounds great. we can spend all summer riding together. >> why not see it by going on an airplane or train? >> when you're on a bike everything just slows down and you get to notice stuff on the side of the road. >> they rarely had to slow down the first time they started the trek two years ago. in fact, they stopped. >> i was getting sick, having terrible headaches, my dad took me to the hospital and doctor said you have sorry, shepard, you have type one diabetes. >> now with his insulin pack they're back on the road on the way to. >> devil's lake. >> they hope to get to new york by august. >> what's the highlight for you

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it's shaping up to be a golden summer for millions of teenagers willing to go to work, there are many more jobs than people to fill them and a lot of establishments are offering good

pay and other perks. elise preston with the story. >> reporter: 19-year-old ethan bent earns his doe at the bagel cafe now that school is out, money is in. >> i expect it to be an average first-job pay but that's exceeded my expectations a little bit. >> he's part of a growing teenage workforce, last month, 16 to 19 years old with jobs rose to 33% highest rate since 2008. his bos is looking for more like h him. >> i ask everyone do they have anyone who wants to work i have jobs. >> many struggling after the pandemic but now bouncing back full force. this woman increase the the starting wage from $12 to $15. >> we're really, really

shorthanded. >> hiring challenges include those struggling with child care, and foreign students, and entry level seasonal work not paying as well as employment benefits. >> there's still this expanded employment benefit that's keeping some workers from coming back into the labor force, filling the jobs where there are openings. >> one of those openings went to 16-year-old sofia shannon. >> my first job ever actually. >> she landed a job in a mic michael's in lexington, kentucky. >> we're out of covid and we're old enough to work now, maybe we should do that. >> teens across the country are finding a wealth of job opportunities that could make this a bankable summer. cbs news, new york. >> a summer job never hurt aybody. that's the overnight news for this friday. for some of the news continues. for others check back later for cbs this morning and follow us

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