Unprompted comments about the researcher’s appearance shape qualitative interview data

Evidence

This book does not systematical y analyze such interactions between myself and the respondents, or researchers and research participants more generally. Using an inductive approach, I have included my ascribed description of a respondent’s physical appearance (body/ facial hair, skin color, and/or other visible features) in cases where the respondent himself or herself made reference to it in the interview data. — Neda Maghbouleh, The Limits of Whiteness, 587

Categorization

• QUESTION: Could a systematic study of how interlocutors race-schematize the researcher reveal everyday racial taxonomies in action?