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

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