The researcher in this study describes herself as a Black female

This study focused on a concept entitled shared ethnography. The researcher and youth participants share race in common. Critical Race Theory was used to analyze the reflective journal. An after school science program in a high poverty urban environment provided the context for this study. The findings of the study suggested that when researcher and subject share race in common, the researcher has a distinct insight into the subjects ’ experiences and that the subjects reveal more about their experiences. A shared ethnography implicates the power between researcher and subject in critical issues of race and racism. Critical Race Theory (CRT) pays attention to the idea that race matters (West, 1994). Specifically, in forming an authentic knowledge base of urban schools through a critical review that accounts for the demographics of an urban environment is important. It pertains to acknowledging the historical aspects of racism i