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

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