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

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