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

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