Essence Magazine:
By Rayna Reid Rayford ·Updated December 19, 2023
“The Smell of Money” is a documentary released on streaming platforms last week that follows a North Carolina community’s decades-long fight against Smithfield Foods, which has been polluting their predominantly Black neighborhood.
As Naeema Muhammad explained in the film, “Eastern North Carolina is the dumping grounds for North Carolina. We always say whatever white people don’t want in their backyards, come to
This post first appeared in Essence Magazine. Read the original article.