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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