Dow Critical Care

This article missed the mark for me.  It left me wanting more but not in a good way.  For spending two years at the school she seemed much more interested in talking about theory than the student's responses.  Even though she did use quotes from them, she went into very little detail about each student and for as long as the article was didn't make their situations impact me as much as the books or other articles have.  "My identity, interests, and past personal and professional experiences influenced how I approached this study, as well as how I was able to gain access and build relationships at the research site"(Rolón-Dow 2005).  This quote also scared me a little.  It looked like she went to the school with this paper already written and picked the best fitting quotes to make it work.  Many of the teachers did show evidence of subversive racism, Mr. Rosenfield was a great example.  But I think although she acknowledged it early on she didn't equate some of the teachers' remarks to them being short staffed and underpaid.  If I spent 30 years like that I would likely make some harsh remarks without meaning to be racist.   So although I liked parts of the article, on the whole it seemed to be written more for other scholars or as a self-fulfilling prophecy rather then personal growth or growth of the issue.