completely different community. born and raised in west philly, ant smith is a prominent activist in the community. as a teacher and as one of the lead organizers with the philadelphia coalition for economic, legal justice. aka, philly for real justice. when you got out, nobody was there for you. ant was named one of the most influential people in philly. but generally speaking, this area and a large portion of philly is like the entire black is here. but then of course there is a large movement of white transients from a bunch of other places. so it creates a lot of tensions. so is this the west philly that will smith was talking about? i mean, i m sure it was at some point in time. yeah. but i think i feel like will smith had it a little bit easier.
community. born and raised in west philly, ant smith is a prominent activist in the community. as a teacher and as one of the lead organizers with the philadelphia coalition for racial, economic, and legal justice, aka, philly for real justice. you risked your life. when you got out, nobody was there for you. in 2020, ant was named one of the most influential people in philly. but generally speaking, this area and a large portion of philly is like the entire black diaspora. but then of course there is a large movement of white transients from a bunch of other places. so it creates a lot of tensions. so is this the west philly that will smith was talking about? i mean i m sure it was at some point in time. yeah. but i think i feel like will smith had it a little bit