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

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