Central to any anti-oppressive research endeavour is the importance of reflexivity and the genuine attempt from researchers to turn the research tools on themselves (Hermans, 2019). Beyond research, the social work profession has much to learn from the reflexive accounts of researchers. Issues of identity, language and culture are widely recognised as important when working with service users and carers in social work; however, this is much less the case when considering identities of social work practitioners. Starting with personal and professional positions of Black female and Deaf female social workers, this article reveals the reflexive journey of the Black female hearing researcher undertaking the research. The article takes an original approach to theory construction by introducing ‘Africanist Sista-hood in Britain’ and marrying this with Deaf cultural discourse in the form of Deafhood, Deaf ethnicity and Deaf Gain, all of which make valuable contribution to existing debates in identity politics and the importance of self-naming and self-actualisation. Within the article the author discusses epistemological challenges in theory construction, data collection, language, transcription and dissemination, as they linked to power, privilege and the different forms this took within the research.

The article makes a number of significant contributions. It introduces Africanist Sista-hood in Britain as a useful theoretical framework in research and at the same time encourages theoretical alliances across other marginalised groups. In discussing issues of knowledge production beyond existing hegemonic frames, it offers a broadening of the lens beyond the ways in which identity, culture and ethnicity are currently understood in the mainstream. In discussing Deaf cultural discourse and its influence on methodological choices it invites researchers to better engage with these issues from perspectives articulated by Deaf people.

反压迫性研究工作的核心是反身性的重要性以及研究人员真正地将研究工具转向自己的真正尝试（Hermans，2019年）。除了研究之外，社会工作专业还需要从研究人员的反思性叙述中学习很多东西。在社会服务中与服务使用者和护理人员一起工作时，身份，语言和文化问题被广泛认为是重要的；但是，考虑社会工作从业者的身份时，情况要少得多。从黑人女性和聋人女性社会工作者的个人和专业职位入手，本文揭示了黑人女性听力研究者进行这项研究的反思历程。本文通过介绍“英国的非洲主义Sista-hood ”采取了一种原始的理论建构方法。并将其与聋人文化话语相结合，包括聋人，聋人种族和聋人获得，这一切为身份政治中的现有辩论以及自我命名和自我实现的重要性做出了宝贵的贡献。在本文中，作者讨论了理论建构，数据收集，语言，转录和传播方面的认识论挑战，因为这些挑战与权力，特权和研究中采取的不同形式有关。

这篇文章做出了许多重要的贡献。它介绍了英国的非洲主义Sista-hood作为研究中的有用理论框架，同时鼓励其他边缘群体的理论联盟。在讨论超越现有霸权框架的知识生产问题时，它超越了当前主流理解身份，文化和种族的方式而扩大了视野。在讨论聋人的文化话语及其对方法选择的影响时，它邀请研究人员从聋人的观点出发更好地处理这些问题。