The Smith family is known for sharing their lives on TikTok, proving they’re just like any other family but happen to be deaf. In 2020, Blavity reported that then-22-year-old Nakia Smith, spotted with her cousins at the sleepover, went viral for making informative videos about Black American Sign Language.

@bugz.lola 5-generations of greatness 🤎 soon, he’ll be fluent 😉😍 #boyfriend #blackfamily #blackcouple #deaftiktok #signlanguage #greenscreenvideo #americansignlanguage #blackasl #deafbing ♬ THE TABLES HAVE MFN TURNED Trapceleb – 𝑉𝖆𝖗𝖎𝖘📸

@sea0606 Teach your children about the life of the deaf world early!! #asl #daughter #mother #coda #pov #signlanguage ♬ original sound – Angelzontherise L. S

“The biggest difference between BASL and ASL is that BASL got seasoning,” Smith said jokingly in a Netflix video.

Black Deaf Smith Family

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