ABSTRACT
8 9Raising her hand during a class discussion on genetics, a tenth-grade African American girl in Teresa’s eighth-period biology class asked, “Is there a reason that people with darker skin are more inclined to have high blood pressure and things like that?” Having been involved in undergraduate research projects on this topic both in genetics and sociology and earning top grades through all of her courses as an undergraduate, Teresa was readier than most student teachers to answer this question.
