Teacher recruitment is a pressing need in the United States. Equally important is the recruitment of more racial-minority teachers to help close the teacher-student diversity gap. We surveyed 300 undergraduates at our university regarding their perspectives on teaching careers--what they found attractive and deterring. Results from this survey and three race-alike focus groups were analyzed for racial group differences to inform recruitment strategies. Black, indigenous, and people of color respondents generally found proposed deterrents more dissuading than did White respondents, especially deterrents considered to be racially charged. Personal experiences as a K-12 student emerged as salient, attracting some but deterring others from teaching.