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

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