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

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