An Anti-Racist Critique Related to the Ontology and Epistemology of Qualitative Research

Maintaining the value of qualitative research requires constant self-critique. Thus, qualitative researchers must always be attentive to critiques of the current conceptions and practices of qualitative research. One problem, I suggest, is our lack of attention to ontology. A second problem I raise is an epistemological/methodological issue. Therefore, I problematize three aspects of qualitative research, that is, the standard qualitative research model that came out of the 1980s to early 1990s, the focus on the individual as the font of "truth," and coding and thematizing, all of which arises within the systemic White supremacy racism of Modernity.