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

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