1. Do You Think It's Fair To Judge People's Smartness By Their Race?
Giselle Rodriguez
August 23, 2012
Humanities
MCLA 8th Grade

2. Tezkatlipoka - Self Reflection
Who Is Smart? What Is Smartness? Is smartness a social construction?
These are the questions I asked :
Do you think whites are smarter than African- Americans?
Why?
Do you think it's fair to judge people by their race?
I chose to ask these questions because they were interesting to me and I wanted to know what other people thought.

3. Quetzalkoatl - Precious Knowledge - Literature Review
In Ancient Times they thought people with bigger heads were smarter.
Galton believed that smartness runs in the family.
Scientists tried to prove that certain races had bigger skulls and bigger brains.
Binet created an IQ Test in 1904 to see who is smarter
“the event of a negative stereotype about a group one belongs becoming self relevant, usually as a play side interpretation for

4. something one is doing, for an experience one is having, or for a situation one is in, that has relevance to one's defintion”
Today's smartness is judged by your test scores

5. Huiztlilopochtli - The Will to Act
Do you think whites are smarter than African- Americans?
Why?
Do you think it's fair to judge people by their race?
I walked around asking 6th & 7th graders and some adults.
1st Question: 92% of 6th & 7th graders & 100% of the adults said whites are not smarter than African-Americans. 8% of 7th graders think whites are smarter than African-

6. Americans.
2nd Question: Most kids said that just because we are a different race doesnt mean one race is smarter. Most adults said that African- Americans have the same mental capacity.
3rd Question: 100% of the students and adults said it's unfair to judge people by their race.

7. Xipe Totek - Transformation
This research changed the way I think about different races
It's made me realize that people have different ways of thinking and different perspectives of smartness

8. Works Cited
Hatt, Beth. "Smartness as a Cultural Practice in Schools." American Education Research Journal (2012): 438. Print.
Mullick, Nirvan, , dir. Caine's Arcade. Film. 17 Aug <http//:
Wanjek, Christopher. Bad Medicine: Misconceptions and Misuses. New Jersey: John Wiley & Sons, inc., Print.