This July, CNN continues its investigation of the most challenging issues facing African-Americans with "Black in America 2." Soledad O'Brien reports on people who are using ground-breaking solutions to transform the black experience.

Soledad O'Brien was apart of the Tom Joyner Fantastic Voyage 2009 with a Black In America 2 town hall discussion.  Join CNN.com Live as they air the two-hour panel from the Tom Joyner Foundation Fantastic Voyage Wednesday (June 3) at 1pmET and 6pmET. 

Stay tuned to CNN as Black In America 2 premiers JULY 22 & 23 at 8PM ET

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UH-OHH......and if this is true,then why not show instances,where A.A. men have endured whyte women holding on to their purses for dear life, or how when an A.A. woman can shop in a upscale store,and be treated literally as a ghost--no one sees u---(ahh,but then I open up my BIG purse,and then they come A-RUNNING,cuz they think I am about to steal something!!!LOL!!!) These slights,and many, many, others,such as;crass employment hiring techniques,and racism in the church and on the job,are NOT ONLY ANNOYING,BUT DOWNRIGHT PAINFUL,and should be reported!!!

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Rubinisk
June 6, 2009, 4:36 pm
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O'Brien and CNN are NOT reporting the facts as it should be reported:instead we are being told the 'no trans fat','diet',SUGARLESS,version of the challenges,that African-Americans,are experiencing,as well as day-to-day experinces!!!!
I---wonder----how many 'Black' days have Soledad has experiecenced,since her skin tone is considered from racists, as passable and unimtimidating---oh,sure,she has comes across these idiots,every once in a blue moon---but has she ,or her brothers for that fact,have ENDURED THE TRUE BLACK EXPERIENCE????

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Rubinisk
June 6, 2009, 4:15 pm
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clarification: the negative is already too well known and i'm just sick and tired of the media portraying and the citizens believing that ALL low income or poor people choose the conditions they're living in. i have had honest thoughts and feelings i'm not proud of: like when i see some of these recently affected people in the financial crises because it's as if they are finally getting to see firsthand how hard and helpless being poor really is. the stress of being in freefall downward with no ability to stop yourself and your family's fall may open some eyes from experience now.

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Msstarr82
June 5, 2009, 5:19 am
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ITA chris40, that i won't watch BIA2 but for different reasons. BIA1 was a rehashing of the NEGATIVE and that already well known! plus it's obvious nobody cares who COULD help change the fundamentals needed for these people to help themselves. NOBODY who is robbing peter to pay paul financially, emotionally, and spiritually can simply "pick themselves up by their bootstraps". i know low income people who can't buy healthy food, medicine, and/or live in safe neighborhoods even though they work HARD every single day at minimum wage!!

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Msstarr82
June 5, 2009, 5:10 am
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Amen Chris,
Not only is she biracial, but has married a white man. Which is her right to do so. But to your point what would she know about BIA? She basically has passed as white to elevate her career.

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Uncletom
June 4, 2009, 7:04 am
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I won't watch BIA 2. I wasn't gon watch BIA 1 but I checked it out for the hell of it and I wished I hadn't!!!!! Biracial woman (Solodad Obrien) telling me whats up in Black America and on CNN (Mainstream media) I won't be fooled the second time!!!!!

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Chris40
June 3, 2009, 8:00 pm
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My problem is that this focuses soley on Black liberals. There are more political points of view in the black society than black liberals.

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Uncletom
June 3, 2009, 9:30 am
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