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

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