suggests you’redoing equity workincorrectly assomeone whostarted thinkingabout it 10minutes ago“I think thestaff arewellintentioned”“we’re not*intentionally*racist”EMSPAA sends anemail about theircommitment todiversity whiledenying diversitycommitteedemands data,makes you payfor it, then getsangry at you forpublicizing ituses existence ofequity committeethat they don’t listento as evidence oftheir commitment toequitysuggests a verylabor intensiveproject theyhave absolutelyno intention ofcontributing toaccepts smallestpossible change sothey can say they’redoing “anti-racistwork” while denyingevery other demand“intellectualdiversity”someonerecommends“WhiteFragility”says “thank youfor youradvocacy”while denyingwhat you’readvocating for“ongoingdiscussions”reframesworkunrelated toequity asequity work“SAT scoresare the onlyobjective wayto compareapplicants”“a timetolisten”“in this uniquetime” as ifracism hasn’texisted for thelast 20 yearsclaims Covidis preventingequity worksurvey sentout, noaction takenfrom results“a productof society-wideinequalities”“color/race/needblind”asks you tosendresearch,doesn’t readituses bureaucraticroadblocks thatcould come up asan excuse to dozero equity workwhatsoever“alwaysopen to yoursuggestions”claims theprogram isalready diversebecause thereare Asianstudentssuggests you’redoing equity workincorrectly assomeone whostarted thinkingabout it 10minutes ago“I think thestaff arewellintentioned”“we’re not*intentionally*racist”EMSPAA sends anemail about theircommitment todiversity whiledenying diversitycommitteedemands data,makes you payfor it, then getsangry at you forpublicizing ituses existence ofequity committeethat they don’t listento as evidence oftheir commitment toequitysuggests a verylabor intensiveproject theyhave absolutelyno intention ofcontributing toaccepts smallestpossible change sothey can say they’redoing “anti-racistwork” while denyingevery other demand“intellectualdiversity”someonerecommends“WhiteFragility”says “thank youfor youradvocacy”while denyingwhat you’readvocating for“ongoingdiscussions”reframesworkunrelated toequity asequity work“SAT scoresare the onlyobjective wayto compareapplicants”“a timetolisten”“in this uniquetime” as ifracism hasn’texisted for thelast 20 yearsclaims Covidis preventingequity worksurvey sentout, noaction takenfrom results“a productof society-wideinequalities”“color/race/needblind”asks you tosendresearch,doesn’t readituses bureaucraticroadblocks thatcould come up asan excuse to dozero equity workwhatsoever“alwaysopen to yoursuggestions”claims theprogram isalready diversebecause thereare Asianstudents

McDermott Equity Work - Call List

(Print) Use this randomly generated list as your call list when playing the game. Place some kind of mark (like an X, a checkmark, a dot, tally mark, etc) on each cell as you announce it, to keep track. You can also cut out each item, place them in a bag and pull words from the bag.


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  1. O-suggests you’re doing equity work incorrectly as someone who started thinking about it 10 minutes ago
  2. G-“I think the staff are well intentioned”
  3. B-“we’re not *intentionally* racist”
  4. I-EMSPAA sends an email about their commitment to diversity while denying diversity committee
  5. N-demands data, makes you pay for it, then gets angry at you for publicizing it
  6. G-uses existence of equity committee that they don’t listen to as evidence of their commitment to equity
  7. G-suggests a very labor intensive project they have absolutely no intention of contributing to
  8. I-accepts smallest possible change so they can say they’re doing “anti-racist work” while denying every other demand
  9. I-“intellectual diversity”
  10. N-someone recommends “White Fragility”
  11. B-says “thank you for your advocacy” while denying what you’re advocating for
  12. N-“ongoing discussions”
  13. O-reframes work unrelated to equity as equity work
  14. N-“SAT scores are the only objective way to compare applicants”
  15. G-“a time to listen”
  16. B-“in this unique time” as if racism hasn’t existed for the last 20 years
  17. I-claims Covid is preventing equity work
  18. O-survey sent out, no action taken from results
  19. B-“a product of society-wide inequalities”
  20. O-“color/race/need blind”
  21. B-asks you to send research, doesn’t read it
  22. O-uses bureaucratic roadblocks that could come up as an excuse to do zero equity work whatsoever
  23. G-“always open to your suggestions”
  24. I-claims the program is already diverse because there are Asian students