Human Diversity in Education: An Integrative Approach, 4/e

Kenneth H. Cushner, Kent State University, Kent
Averil McClelland, Kent State University, Kent
Philip Safford, Case Western Reserve University

Creating Classrooms that Address Race and Ethnicity

Definitions

Genotype	The whole complex of genes inherited from both parents; the genotype determines the hereditary potentials and limitations of an individual from embryonic formation through adulthood. (See 182)



Hypodescent	A type of categorizing racial membership in which any amount of biological inheritance from a group considered to be a socially lower or minority group automatically places one in that group. (See 183)



Phenotype	All the observable characteristics of an organism, such as shape, size, color, and behavior, that result from the interaction of its genotype (total genetic inheritance) with the environment. The common type of a group of physically similar organisms is sometimes also known as the phenotype; the phenotype may change constantly throughout the life of an individual. (See 183)

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