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A new report reveals an alarming disparity surrounding fatal injuries endured by Black children in New York City.

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Zaila Avant Garde is not even in middle school and has basketball skills like a pro!

Rickey Smiley Morning Show

Black women are kicking ass at the 2016 Olympics and saying how proud I am of them wouldn’t even begin to do their accomplishments enough justice. That said, let’s reel it back in. I don’t mean the celebration, that’s cool. I’m talking about that look in all of your eyes that turned a feel-good TV […]

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Everyone reading this should now have at least three or four invitations to the homegoing ceremony for Harambee the silverback gorilla. Poor Harambee got his wig pushed back after a three-year-old boy fell into his cage. Now everybody is pointing fingers and assigning blame. Honestly, I’m waiting on the report of how much weed Harambee smoked […]

Should the parents of the four-year-old boy who fell 15-feet into a gorilla exhibit in Cincinnati be charged with criminal negligence? Absolutely not. And it’s ridiculous that 300,000 people have signed a petition demanding that criminal charges be filed against the parents, Michelle Gregg, 32, and Deonne Dickerson, 36. Animal rights groups blame Gregg and […]

One of the main ads shows an older White child leaning on the head of a Black trapeze artist, which ruffled the feathers of many.

Rickey Smiley Morning Show

I’m learning that the most interesting time of a person’s life second to the teenage years, are the toddler years. I’d never thought about it…

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Nostalgia is one of those things that keeps us older folks from going bat crazy when the rest of the world seems to want to…

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Being a parent forces you to notice things in your surroundings that may have never before crossed your mind. One of them is the dreaded…

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Over the Thanksgiving holiday, I took a trip down south to hang out with the in-laws. It was a great chance to get away from…

A new study reveals Black children are getting far less medication than White children upon admission into hospitals.

Rickey Smiley Morning Show

A general rule for dealing with a toddler is to not laugh when they do something bad, even if your sides are about to split…