“a timetolisten”reframesworkunrelated toequity asequity work“in this uniquetime” as ifracism hasn’texisted for thelast 20 years“intellectualdiversity”“a productof society-wideinequalities”survey sentout, noaction takenfrom results“color/race/needblind”“we’re not*intentionally*racist”suggests you’redoing equity workincorrectly assomeone whostarted thinkingabout it 10minutes agoclaims theprogram isalready diversebecause thereare Asianstudents“ongoingdiscussions”says “thank youfor youradvocacy”while denyingwhat you’readvocating for“I think thestaff arewellintentioned”demands data,makes you payfor it, then getsangry at you forpublicizing itsuggests a verylabor intensiveproject theyhave absolutelyno intention ofcontributing toEMSPAA sends anemail about theircommitment todiversity whiledenying diversitycommitteeasks you tosendresearch,doesn’t readituses bureaucraticroadblocks thatcould come up asan excuse to dozero equity workwhatsoever“alwaysopen to yoursuggestions”uses existence ofequity committeethat they don’t listento as evidence oftheir commitment toequityaccepts smallestpossible change sothey can say they’redoing “anti-racistwork” while denyingevery other demandsomeonerecommends“WhiteFragility”“SAT scoresare the onlyobjective wayto compareapplicants”claims Covidis preventingequity work“a timetolisten”reframesworkunrelated toequity asequity work“in this uniquetime” as ifracism hasn’texisted for thelast 20 years“intellectualdiversity”“a productof society-wideinequalities”survey sentout, noaction takenfrom results“color/race/needblind”“we’re not*intentionally*racist”suggests you’redoing equity workincorrectly assomeone whostarted thinkingabout it 10minutes agoclaims theprogram isalready diversebecause thereare Asianstudents“ongoingdiscussions”says “thank youfor youradvocacy”while denyingwhat you’readvocating for“I think thestaff arewellintentioned”demands data,makes you payfor it, then getsangry at you forpublicizing itsuggests a verylabor intensiveproject theyhave absolutelyno intention ofcontributing toEMSPAA sends anemail about theircommitment todiversity whiledenying diversitycommitteeasks you tosendresearch,doesn’t readituses bureaucraticroadblocks thatcould come up asan excuse to dozero equity workwhatsoever“alwaysopen to yoursuggestions”uses existence ofequity committeethat they don’t listento as evidence oftheir commitment toequityaccepts smallestpossible change sothey can say they’redoing “anti-racistwork” while denyingevery other demandsomeonerecommends“WhiteFragility”“SAT scoresare the onlyobjective wayto compareapplicants”claims Covidis preventingequity 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. G-“a time to listen”
  2. O-reframes work unrelated to equity as equity work
  3. B-“in this unique time” as if racism hasn’t existed for the last 20 years
  4. I-“intellectual diversity”
  5. B-“a product of society-wide inequalities”
  6. O-survey sent out, no action taken from results
  7. O-“color/race/need blind”
  8. B-“we’re not *intentionally* racist”
  9. O-suggests you’re doing equity work incorrectly as someone who started thinking about it 10 minutes ago
  10. I-claims the program is already diverse because there are Asian students
  11. N-“ongoing discussions”
  12. B-says “thank you for your advocacy” while denying what you’re advocating for
  13. G-“I think the staff are well intentioned”
  14. N-demands data, makes you pay for it, then gets angry at you for publicizing it
  15. G-suggests a very labor intensive project they have absolutely no intention of contributing to
  16. I-EMSPAA sends an email about their commitment to diversity while denying diversity committee
  17. B-asks you to send research, doesn’t read it
  18. O-uses bureaucratic roadblocks that could come up as an excuse to do zero equity work whatsoever
  19. G-“always open to your suggestions”
  20. G-uses existence of equity committee that they don’t listen to as evidence of their commitment to equity
  21. I-accepts smallest possible change so they can say they’re doing “anti-racist work” while denying every other demand
  22. N-someone recommends “White Fragility”
  23. N-“SAT scores are the only objective way to compare applicants”
  24. I-claims Covid is preventing equity work