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

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