In response to the whiteness endemic to the field of interpersonal and family communication (IPFC), this "interpersonal relationships" journal assignment draws from critical race theory to offer students the opportunity to address and re/configure raced epistemes at the intersection of the self, culture, and power within an IPFC context. As a useful mode of assessment for various courses including varieties within both the interpersonal and family communication domains as well as those centering communication and race, the journal poses various potential benefits both inside of and beyond the classroom, including both proximal student and distal field, which are discussed. In response to the whiteness endemic to the field of interpersonal and family communication (IPFC), this "interpersonal relationships" journal assignment draws from critical race theory to offer students the opportunity to address and re/configure raced epistemes at the intersection of the self, culture, and power within an IPFC context. As a useful mode of assessment for various courses including varieties within both the interpersonal and family communication domains as well as those centering communication and race, the journal poses various potential benefits both inside of and beyond the classroom, including both proximal student and distal field, which are discussed. Courses: Courses: Interpersonal Communication, Family Communication, Communication and Race. Interpersonal Communication, Family Communication, Communication and Race. Objectives: Objectives: The objectives of this assignment are threefold: (1) to ensure students understand basic principles and concepts related to the theory and practice of interpersonal relationships and communication; (2) to encourage students to think critically about the ways race and, more specifically, whiteness influence how we create, understand, and participate in social relationships; and (3) to use this knowledge as a basis for social critique, the expansion of non-white perspectives in and outside of the classroom, and personal self-reflexivity. The objectives of this assignment are threefold: (1) to ensure students understand basic principles and concepts related to the theory and practice of interpersonal relationships and communication; (2) to encourage students to think critically about the ways race and, more specifically, whiteness influence how we create, understand, and participate in social relationships; and (3) to use this knowledge as a basis for social critique, the expansion of non-white perspectives in and outside of the classroom, and personal self-reflexivity.