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

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