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This week I was challenged to understand that even though I have experienced injustices and bias in my life, that I still possess unearned privileges. I kept going back and forth and even re-read this article to make sure that I understood the assignment. I know realize that both my oppression and privilege exists in juxtaposition. I kept questioning how many others, like me, do not acknowledge their unearned privileges and ignore societal problems and implications that affect others when they do not directly affect them. I am still trying to come into terms with this because it has challenged me to think of the ways that I show up to different spaces without having to worry about these ideas.

-Karina Guerrero

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“Many men likewise think that Women's Studies does not bear on their own existences because they are not female; they do not see themselves as having gendered identities.” (McIntosh, 2019, p. 11)" As someone who is constantly self-reflecting, I always think of how my presence is received with others and this comment made me think of how I consciously maneuver in society. But also, the comments that others have of such a situation and how much cultural biases play a role in keeping such mindsets.

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Invisible knapsack - even Asian folks have within the community

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Invisible knapsack - even Asian folks have within the community

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Although the article talks about the invisibility that white folks tend to overlook, I can see that it's prominent within Asian community as well. Aggregated data are often not speak about enough within my own community. We share unearned privileges that are just double sided swords in disguised. - Katy

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This chapter was "thick" with information and inspiring with the many ways to do research.

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Understanding PIQDA and what it means in terms of Qual research was a new concept. While I took a Qual class in my prior MA program this was never flushed out or really explained. I found the six characteristics of a wise person in section 1 of the chapter to be a wonderful example of what it means to produce good research.

-Kate Cruz

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In this week's reflection, I was candid about my own bias with this method. I was under the belief that qualitative research was the easy way out, especially as a person with past math trauma. However, it has become clear to me that what we do here is very intentional. Not only am I going to have to gather data, but find ways to go beyond just collecting information. I have the ethical responsibility to understand theories and also find practical ways to apply this to my research. I am feeling overwhelmed with how much I still need to learn, especially because I want to have a dissertation that is well written and has thoughtful data to support my findings.

Karina Guerrero

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Taking a look at privilege in a different way - I looked at the privilege of having sight. Having the experience of partially losing my sight, I was able to step outside of this privilege and see from the other side. It was truly humbling. Being a researcher, this is what we are doing - stepping outside of ourselves and into another individuals's experience, making sense of it, and understanding it, as well as questioning things to get a clear picture.

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I found the realization that I/we are the instrument to be an ah-ha moment. We must understand our own biases and "baggage" to ensure accurate measurement.

-BJ

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I just really enjoyed the article and I wonder how if this article was written today if she would highlight the same privledge or adjust.

-jess

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"Qualitative researchers are like quilters, borrowing and interweaving viewpoints and multiple perspectives." - pg 35

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"Qualitative researchers are like quilters, borrowing and interweaving viewpoints and multiple perspectives." - pg 35

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This quote stood out to me as I am now slowly realizing many of my researches are little snippet of pieces I'd have to put together myself. I used to think of my research as a detective case or those long episode stories on youtube. I'm the person curating that story. - Katy

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It was a reminder of how much range there is in qualitative research. Even within the same field. I keep thinking of how I would use qual to conduct my research - will it be based on site (campus-specific) or will I focus on participant experiences.

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theories service as sensitize concepts that direct attention to meaningful data helping to determine what to observe. Before reading this chapter in fact most of the time I was told that we should identify the lens that we are going to use but if it makes sense of what we observe wouldn’t we need to observe and re-analyze if that theory is truly what we want to look through

-jess

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McIntosh (1988) explains that privilege operates like an “invisible knapsack” of unearned advantages that individuals carry without often noticing. Reading her list of daily examples prompted me to reflect on privileges in my own life that I did not earn but still benefit from. One of the most significant is my privilege of U.S. citizenship. Growing up, I saw how different life was for my father and grandparents, who lived much of their lives as non-citizens, compared to me as someone who never had to question my legal belonging. This contrast made me aware of how citizenship quietly shaped opportunities, access, and daily peace of mind. Reflecting on this difference also feels urgent in the current political climate, where immigration status continues to shape debates about identity, belonging, and opportunity.

-Kate Cruz

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Pamela: bringing our opinions from former our experiences can be considered "accumulated wisdom"

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It was important for me to read and understand self-reflexivity. Understanding that people have "baggage" which I see as this translates to how we see things and this can have an impact on our research if it goes unchecked.

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Using relationships to build research questions

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Using relationships to build research questions

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The chapter discussed how we might gain a research topic from our lived experience but also discussed how bias we try to remove from each research but I personally think that most researchers will be bias no matter what. We can’t remove our beliefs from our writing but acknowledging them is important. I just have so many arguments that go back and forth in my head.

-Jessica Vierra

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“I have come to see white privilege as an invisible package of unearned assets that I can count on cashing in each day, but about which I was ‘meant’ to remain oblivious.”

I am not white; instead, I am mixed-race. However, growing up in Hawaii, where the dominant racial group is not white, I am aware of majority privilege. While I acknowledge that white privilege does still exist in Hawaii, as it does in all parts of the United States. There is acknowledgment that the majority has a privilege in Hawaii.

-BJ

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How our personal backgrounds shape the way we approach various topics and research. Additionally, how it suggests important areas for critical self-questioning, counter-biasing, and collaborating with those who come from different backgrounds.

-Kate Cruz

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Self-reflexity - researcher’s “baggage” or “wisdom”

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Self-reflexity - researcher’s “baggage” or “wisdom”

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Similar to our positionality? - Katy Le