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

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