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

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