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

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