Most White people have learned to ignore the way that the social construct of race benefits them or harms people of Color, myself included. In this way, people take for granted that race is not real, but rather the invention of White supremacists. Moreover, researchers who are responsible for generating knowledge far too often depend on color-blind ideologies wherein they attribute disparate outcomes to factors unrelated to racism. When we cannot name and blame systemic racism, there lies no hope for change. In the role as Institutional Researcher (IR) in higher education, there exists an opportunity to disrupt or to reinforce color-blind racism, but does it happen? This study asked IR leaders to provide interpretations of race category data. The results showed that they too often used color-blind ideologies, but some were more sensitive to the intricacies of race category data when they were presented with common interpretations, both valid and invalid. Ultimately, government and professional associations need to adopt clear cut guidelines for interpreting racial statistics to offer better guidance to researchers who use racial statistics. [The dissertation citations contained here are published with the permission of ProQuest LLC. Further reproduction is prohibited without permission. Copies of dissertations may be obtained by Telephone (800) 1-800-521-0600. Web page: http://www.proquest.com.bibliotheek.ehb.be/en-US/products/dissertations/individuals.shtml.]