In this response to Diana Slaughter-Defoe's, "What Shall I Tell My Children Who Are Black?," Mary Beth Gasman comments on the lecture from the perspective of someone doing research in the field of higher education. Gasman comments that Slaughter-Defoe's understanding, and interpretation of past research, especially the Moynihan Report (1965), are very telling and should cause researchers to stop and seriously consider what researchers (including student researchers) do and how they interpret and use the research of others. Gasman states that researchers must ask themselves the following questions about the background and purpose of the research they are reading: (1) Who is putting forth the research; (2) What is their background and experience; (3) Who is publishing the research; and (4) How is it being used to inform policy and policy makers? As an example, Gasman points to the the case of Daniel P. Moynihan (1965), and a report that might have been well-meaning was very dangerous to the African American community and served to undermine the structure of the African American Family. Gasman writes that not only did Moynihan's work blame the victim rather than the oppressor for the black families in situations of poverty, it also vilified black women and pitted them against black men. Gasman states that had Moynihan consulted members of African American families and been more familiar with African American history and culture, he might have crafted a richer study that was less susceptible to misinterpretation and misuse. In addition, Moynihan's research might have been not only more accurate but also more useful to the very community he claimed to want to help. Gasman argues that by planning research studies with a knowledge of history, culture, and by structuring them with an opportunity for collaboration and input from those who are to be affected by the study, ethical researchers are duty bound to respect and consider the social and political ramifications of their research. [For "What Shall I Tell My Children Who Are Black? An Overview of Parent Education Research during the Civil Rights Era and Beyond," see EJ1239793.]