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

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