next up a shared and from columbus, ohio. go ahead. caller: thank you for taking my call. i just returned from a trip to finland last month. they have no drug problems. i realize that is all ethnic, but the folks out there are so outgoing, and we are supposed to nation.istian just remember that a christian nation is the only one that dropped a nuclear weapon. give me a break. there is still racism in this country. a station,i turn on i hear a guy -- believe it or not, several weeks ago, or maybe a month ago, "slavery forever," he said. there is still racism in this country. i don't know what you can do about it.

against? jesus be i asked that question. host: we hear you this morning. cnn covered the rally as well headline, "th this crowds rally for justice or else on 20th your anniversary of million man march." host: thomas from columbus, ohio is next. go ahead. caller: thank you very much for having me. firstd like to say, the most important thing that

minister lewis for a concept is we need to practice self-love, meanster what, by any necessary. we suffer so much from self-hate. we need to stay home on christmas. we need to not spend our money. their god is money. the only way they are going to hear us is if we stop spending our money with them on a regular basis, and find all syria ways. -- host: all. terior ways. we will not make any progress until we attack the self-hatred, which is the result of slavery. are blacke ask, why people killing each other, or whatever, if you have a

fishbowl, and put 32 of the meakest fish in the fishbowl, and you only put thegh food for 14-16 fish, meakest one will get aggressive. host: just a reminder, when you do call in, please turn down your television. here are a few more comments from the nation of islam minister louis farrakhan. he talked yesterday as well about the amount of money paid to lobby congress. [video clip] >> we are facing another election. the republicans have, i don't know how many, is it 17? well, it was. like the pretty formed so thatl

some man with money will buy her. who wants to be a whore? listen to me. do you think people with money if their money behind you, they do not expect something from you? $3.3 billion in the last few years have been paid by to the house. what are they lobbying for? laws that may not be in the best interest of the people. how, then, can you look in the , when you arelf

bought and paid for. that was louis farrakhan, minister of the nation of islam,'s aching at yesterday's rally, to commemorate the million man march. next is frederick, who attended the march yesterday. what was it like? caller: well, i did not attend yesterday, i attended 20 years ago. host: what was the experience like for you? caller: 20 years ago, it was a great thing. there was unity. it was amazing to see how many of us actually came out. reporters reported hundreds of thousands, when in reality, there was about 2 million. from then to this year is the simple fact that you have obama to 20ice is a tribute years ago.

one of the things that we did 20 years ago was to go back and register to vote. itsay nothing came about would be disingenuous. in america, unfortunately, 90% of all black people are white because they had been raised in the white system. they have no idea of their history. host: was there a personal impact for you after attending the rally 20 years ago? did it change her life? caller: a change my life immensely. it gave me a sense of pride. it may be come back and work in my community to mentor children, and open a nonprofit. we work with at risk children. the truth of the matter is there is a lot of work that needs to be done.

our peoplely, until wake up as a people, and stop believing everything they see in the media, and everything they read in the newspapers, and everything they read in books, then it is never going to get done. host: all right. reported oned press the rally, and included some of the context as well around the people that attended.

host: marcus from michigan is calling now on the republican line. what are your thoughts? go ahead, you are on the air. caller: yes, i think the impact was tremendous, from an economic standpoint, looking at the amount of honey that was infused into blacks in d.c. on that one day. on the torah side of it. the media impacts, financially, on the city of washington, d.c., was massive. you mentioned earlier about the , not oneial candidate

democratic candidate was there which speaks to the fact that we are out of touch with the masters of people. i think when november rolls around, we will see some big surprises. host: did you attend saturday, or 20 years ago? caller: i attended both. 1995, as a young man, disgruntled, convicted rising up, as a human being. whilended inadvertently at work. now, 20 years later, i took my

15-year-old son to attend the march. ,e got a sense of power , asrship, and independence a black man in america. even though we are all familiar with what has happened in america with black people, we it. never addressed host: do you feel the world that your 15 is growing up and now is very different from, or different at all, from the world you grew up in 20 years ago, in terms of race relations? caller: not at all. there has not been an actual legal action, government action, quell and disband activities, or

the system of racism. my son is actually involved in a more fee fearful situation. it is more dangerous now that they are training police to target black man, women, and children. host: all right. and and 10 d of both of the rally's 20 years ago, and on saturday. here is a little bit of context for you. story plays out in the newspapers, 20 years ago, when it occurred. this is a story from "the washington post.

host: louis farrakhan spoke mystically of words, numbers, in demonstrating int he spoke to god preparation for yesterday's march. he returned again and again to clinton, when he said that one million men do not make right malice.s he said, you honor the margins, but of course, you spoke ill of me. our next caller from dayton, .hio, nikki go ahead.

what is your comment? caller: everyone is saying that there was not as many people as 20 years ago. there were people separated from the right, out of the aerial fee view that everyone was saying. on top of that, beyond the were trulyople motivated to be there. it was inspirational to be there around all those people. and to see the black panthers, the hebrew israelites, and all the muslim people together, it was very impactful. i'm 21. a really impacted me. 21 years old,re i'm assuming you what yesterday, you did not go 20 years ago. caller: not at all. host: one of the questions around the million man march is it was the million man march,

and what was the place for women in the demonstration? what did you feel and experience yesterday? i ask you had to fight to be on there. my dad was not going to let me go at first. he said it was for all men. i said, the civil rights movement, and everything, it was organized by women. they put in a lot of the work for the organization behind it. . whittled my way in i saw a lot of women there also. they were the ones handling the money, collecting donations. women are deftly involved. without the women, the men would not have the kurds to go out there and do that. next up is barbara from texas. how do you say the name of your town? zapata. th we are on the border with mexico.

i watched the million man march yesterday and 20 years ago. it made me feel good. what is so important to me is was minister farrakhan saying about what is going on with the weather in the united states. the pope came and got attention from everybody, including myself, i watched every day. when it came to this, there was no media. when they killed the nine in south carolina, it seemed that south carolina got beaten down with that storm. i believe that a lot of things are going to happen because they did not listen when obama made president. they did not listen when the pope came. right after he left, they started to kill people again. and then, all the storms and things coming, i think more is

coming. stepnk that is why boehner down. he knows, in his heart, that america is about to get tore up. chicago, now from illinois, calling as an independent. what is your thought? first of all, being a black male in chicago, i don't mind saying, farrakhan is nothing but a hater, divided, and races. any person that supports this man is just as bad. i felt the rally yesterday. i did not see anything positive in it. but people are worse off now ago, andears especially under the so-called black president. i don't know why someone would rally around lewis farrakhan who is a hater, races, and delusional. talk about black combat crime or black abortions.

it was nothing but hate. who would you support as a leader in the black community? caller: nobody. i grew up under martin luther king. i thought he was a leader. as far as one leader that represents the black community -- we are not like that. there are a lot of people that black people support. the most important thing, have respect for yourself, look up to your parents. for those who are religious, look towards jesus. farrakhan is nothing but a hater and a racist. someoneuld you guys put on television who supports the klan or nazis? i really doubt that. host: did you attend the march yesterday or 20 years ago? caller: i attended both. host: what was it like?

what was your experience? caller: yesterday? host: yesterday and 20 years ago. caller: 20 years ago, it was very empowering to see this little fishing -- the solidification of black men coming together. minister fark on is the black leader of black people in this country. the nation of islam is the vehicle that my people will have to use to make this mass exodus to get there freedoms, justice, and equality from this wicked regime of this races government. with regards to yesterday, yesterday was very empowering. to be quite frank, black people have no other choice at this moment in their lives but to separate. i do not mean segregation because you have chinese who are separate, they have a landmass that they can work from and get money from to build as this is

in the black community and all over the world. black people have to face the reality that they must separate and form a nation of their own with their own leadership. barack obama is an example to the world to show that black people can be. we have black generals, black president, black janitors, black residents of corporations. god has put us in the position to make a mess i exist. if we do not do that, god will bring his wrath down on not only white people, but black people as well. host: if you comments now from twitter.

[video clip] what goodarrakhan: are we if we do not prepare young people to carry the torch of liberation to the next step? we if we think we can last forever, and not prepare others to walk in our footsteps? to the young who are here, we honor you. we know who you are. we will not first sake our duty our duty torsake you. there are some elders that are legacythy to pass on the

of their cowardice to the young people. [applause] will not listen to those made in america, made by america, and want to bow down in america to that which has given them help. are lookingpeople , butearless leadership leadership that cannot be bought . that is willing to sacrifice its life to see a better future for our children. that my brother and isend, father pflueger,

here, who is a great fighter in chicago. that master barry is here. i think allah for her and her dearly departed husband, who showed us the way. allah for all of you who want to sacrifice, in some way, to make a difference. host: we are taking a calls on the impact of the million man march. this week marks the 20th anniversary of one of the largest civil rights rallies in history. our next caller is michael from tolls a, oklahoma on the democratic line. what do you think caller:? yes. can you hear me? host: go ahead with your thoughts. caller: race relations have not

gotten any better to me. on the job site, i do have a job god did no better 20 than he did 20w years ago. tell him to take a look in the mere, and he -- a look in the mirror and he will see why. host: you say you attended one of the rallies. did you attend both or 20 years ago, or saturday? caller: i attended both marches. host: what was the rally yesterday like? as far as the numbers, people would not have been able to fit anyway, because there was construction going on for some reason. my wife was there a few weeks ago, and there was not that much

going on. the difference, the minister was able to get everybody's attention, in my opinion, set the tone, and returned to -- not return to, to -- well, i guess returned treating people right. basically what the pope was saying, doing to others what you would have them do unto you. minister farrakhan being a divider and races, that is not true. sometimes he makes say things, like people are acting like devils, but that is just to get your attention so he can give a message to warn people to stop mistreating other people. host: some of the reporting from

yesterday said there was an effort to include a broader array of people in the rally -- women, native americans, other ethnic groups. did you see that yesterday? caller: you said there tends to be a message where they are including people? was a broaderre message at the rally yesterday. did you see that? caller: they did. that is the way it should be. everybody suffers in the country. people tend to think that white people are not suffering. white people suffer too. they seem to not suffer as much. i shouldn't say that because if you're hungry, you are hungry. i don't mean it that way. i just mean that all ethnicities are going through a lot of pain, and uncertainty.

of friends, and they cringe at the name of donald trump. the first generation of his family or in in this country. germany.y is from j host: next up is john from los angeles, california. you say you attended one of the rallies. is that right? yes, ma'am. i was fortunate enough to go to the first one. i could not make it to this one. i was happy to hear him talk say some of the same things that gary hart, the guy who ran for president a few , the back, talked about corruption, and how washington, d.c. politicians are bought and paid for. farrakhan was hitting on some of the same topics. i was disappointed to not see

more black politicians. there was no president obama in 19 95, but he is in the white house, and he was not there. he could have sent a representative. he does not have to worry about reelection. there could have been more black politicians there. i am a middle-aged guy. when i was a young man, i was harassed by the police. still older guy, and i get harassed by the police. in that regard, little has changed. many of the things that minister , aboutan said are true how lawyers rip people off. he is one of the few people i have heard say that publicly about how they take people's money. host: from your experience 20 years ago at the rally, one of the big efforts there was to increase the number of black people registered to vote. anyou think there has been increase in black voters, and what political impact you think that has had?

caller: without a doubt, there has been an increase in voting by the black community. why they havesons barack obamaroke was elected president is because of the number of black voters. i have worked in political campaigns and registered people to vote since i was a very young man. yes. that has had a very positive impact. at the same time, what are we getting for our vote? hart and earlier, gary farrakhan talked about how the politicians are bought and paid for by special interests. host: next up is vince from springfield, virginia. what is your thought? caller: i agree with what a lot of the people have said.

there is no information. i actually went out and washington, d.c. thus night before i realized it was going went out in washington, d.c. last night before i realized it was going on. it is sort of sad. a rally, i been to live right across the river. i think it is a good thing bringing people together. myhink that, from reflection, racism today is less violent, which is a good thing, but is more covert, in the politics we adapt. for instance, the drug war has had a very negative impact on the black community, while the white community tends to get a slap on the wrist. many policies that

seem to indicate that. i think it is very sad. there are tons of policies that really just as racist. the racism comes out in discrimination of the poor. host: the next caller is tom from minneapolis, minnesota. go ahead. caller: it is wonderful you have this conversation on. it is great to hear a lot of men from the black community. where the black community, i think, is on its will have to lift itself up by the bootstraps. that is really hard because of the way we have politicians bought and sold. barack obama proves the a lot of white people are not racist. the black community has a long road ahead of it. i think