This paper proposes that the paradigm of relationality, engaged methodologically, can be the basis of praxis that purposefully moves away from business-oriented notions of "best practices" and toward education research that meets the needs of Indigenous and Black communities currently designing futures within settler colonial states…

We write from our own experience as researchers on the integration of immigrants and their children, describing several ethical and research considerations that we addressed. In one study we examined the use of public benefits among immigrant families. This study posed issues regarding the selection of which "benefits" should be…

Used census data for U.S. metropolitan area African Americans to examine relationships of measures of sex ratio to each other and to indicators of family formation and family structure. Found that, when measures of sex ratio were properly formulated, they had strong associations with marriage prevalence; nonmarital fertility ratios; and prevalence…

This study demonstrates that those who, in social surveys, misreport their voting behavior in presidential elections are, attitudinally and demographically, similar to validated voters. It also shows how error arising from such misreporting may have biased prior research on nonvoters and on the voting behavior of Blacks and young people.…

It is not yet clear why the role of ethnicity in American life was ignored in the past, but we are proceeding in the direction of understanding the content of ethnicity itself. (DM)

Reviewed 283 data-based articles containing material about Black Americans in the "Journal of Marriage and Family" from 1939-87 using a sociohistorical framework of analysis. Results indicated that focus on the culture-of-poverty thesis has been a prominent and obvious source of distortion in substantive research on Black families in America.…

The author cites examples of exploitation of the Black Community by researchers and proposes strategies for its elimination. (RWP)

Conveys some ideas of the impact that the census undercount may have on the allocation of funds to states and cities by focusing on revenue sharing. (Author/AM)

Analysis of individual-level data from the 1970 Census confirms earlier findings, based on census tract data, about Hispanic and Black spatial assimilation in selected cities. Besides validating the theory of spatial assimilation, the results also indicate that errors resulting when individual-level inferences are made from ecological data are…

In an attempt to secure a better understanding of why some males withdraw or refrain from entering the nation's labor force, 99 volunteers were interviewed to: (1) identify by name and address, men who are not in the labor force but who, under some circumstances, would want to work, and (2) develop techniques for identifying economic, social, and…

This paper attempts to identify appropriate theoretical frameworks for the study of Black family life. The author concludes by calling upon Black family researchers to become more sensitive to inherent "objective/subjective" biases in contemporary theorizing about Black families. (Author)

The author reviews published material pertaining to the history of black athletes in American sport, focusing on the most influential books and articles, including popular literature. The aim is to assess the quality and character of the research and to make recommendations for further studies. (Author/MT)

A practicing investigator cognizant of the limitations of science claims that the white psychologist cannot help but maintain the current social system since he is rewarded quite well by it for his current activities. (Author/JM)

Discusses four practical dilemmas faced by Black educational researchers and evaluators: (1) choosing between being objective and being loyal to Blacks involved in programs under study; (2) conducting ethnic-focused versus ethnic-free inquiry; (3) using commercially published versus specially constructed measurement instruments; and (4) producing…

Discusses the ethical issues surrounding anthropological research and the gap between professional social scientists and the native populations they study. Issues are presented from the perspective of Black Americans' reactions to investigation by White social scientists in a segregated society. (MK)