JULY 7, 2023 Looking into the long reflecting pool of the past, I find myself wondering what it was that made me an activist against injustice. (At least the checks were there!) However, the South Bronx was little more than an afterthought, a scenario of poverty, burned-out buildings, illness, and crime. Poverty, Burned-out Buildings, Illness, and Crime Yet growing up in the South Bronx wasn't an entirely negative experience.