claims wecan’t be racistbecause it’snot“intentional”“alwaysopen to yoursuggestions”EMSPAA sends anemail about theircommitment todiversity whiledenying diversitycommitteespends moretime namingequitycommittee thandoing equitywork“color/race/needblind”suggests a verylabor intensiveproject theyhave absolutelyno intention ofcontributing to“a timetolisten”claims Covidis preventingequity workaccepts smallestpossible change sothey can say they’redoing “anti-racistwork” while denyingevery other demand“SAT scoresare the onlyobjective wayto compareapplicants”reframesworkunrelated toequity asequity worksurvey sentout, noaction takenfrom resultsasks you tosendresearch,doesn’t readit“a productof society-wideinequalities”“in this uniquetime” as ifracism hasn’texisted for thelast 20 yearssomeonerecommends“WhiteFragility”uses existence ofequity committeethat they don’t listento as evidence oftheir commitment toequitysuggests you’redoing equity workincorrectly assomeone whostarted thinkingabout it 10minutes ago“ongoingdiscussions”uses bureaucraticroadblocks thatcould come up asan excuse to dozero equity workwhatsoeverdemands data,makes you payfor it, then getsangry at you forpublicizing it“intellectualdiversity”says “thank youfor youradvocacy”while denyingwhat you’readvocating forclaims theprogram isalready diversebecause thereare Asianstudentsclaims wecan’t be racistbecause it’snot“intentional”“alwaysopen to yoursuggestions”EMSPAA sends anemail about theircommitment todiversity whiledenying diversitycommitteespends moretime namingequitycommittee thandoing equitywork“color/race/needblind”suggests a verylabor intensiveproject theyhave absolutelyno intention ofcontributing to“a timetolisten”claims Covidis preventingequity workaccepts smallestpossible change sothey can say they’redoing “anti-racistwork” while denyingevery other demand“SAT scoresare the onlyobjective wayto compareapplicants”reframesworkunrelated toequity asequity worksurvey sentout, noaction takenfrom resultsasks you tosendresearch,doesn’t readit“a productof society-wideinequalities”“in this uniquetime” as ifracism hasn’texisted for thelast 20 yearssomeonerecommends“WhiteFragility”uses existence ofequity committeethat they don’t listento as evidence oftheir commitment toequitysuggests you’redoing equity workincorrectly assomeone whostarted thinkingabout it 10minutes ago“ongoingdiscussions”uses bureaucraticroadblocks thatcould come up asan excuse to dozero equity workwhatsoeverdemands data,makes you payfor it, then getsangry at you forpublicizing it“intellectualdiversity”says “thank youfor youradvocacy”while denyingwhat you’readvocating forclaims theprogram isalready diversebecause thereare Asianstudents

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