“a timetolisten”accepts smallestpossible change sothey can say they’redoing “anti-racistwork” while denyingevery other demandsuggests you’redoing equity workincorrectly assomeone whostarted thinkingabout it 10minutes ago“color/race/needblind”“a productof society-wideinequalities”says “thank youfor youradvocacy”while denyingwhat you’readvocating for“SAT scoresare the onlyobjective wayto compareapplicants”someonerecommends“WhiteFragility”claims wecan’t be racistbecause it’snot“intentional”“intellectualdiversity”“ongoingdiscussions”asks you tosendresearch,doesn’t readitEMSPAA sends anemail about theircommitment todiversity whiledenying diversitycommitteesurvey sentout, noaction takenfrom resultsclaims Covidis preventingequity work“alwaysopen to yoursuggestions”uses bureaucraticroadblocks thatcould come up asan excuse to dozero equity workwhatsoeveruses existence ofequity committeethat they don’t listento as evidence oftheir commitment toequityreframesworkunrelated toequity asequity worksuggests a verylabor intensiveproject theyhave absolutelyno intention ofcontributing to“in this uniquetime” as ifracism hasn’texisted for thelast 20 yearsspends moretime namingequitycommittee thandoing equityworkdemands data,makes you payfor it, then getsangry at you forpublicizing itclaims theprogram isalready diversebecause thereare Asianstudents“a timetolisten”accepts smallestpossible change sothey can say they’redoing “anti-racistwork” while denyingevery other demandsuggests you’redoing equity workincorrectly assomeone whostarted thinkingabout it 10minutes ago“color/race/needblind”“a productof society-wideinequalities”says “thank youfor youradvocacy”while denyingwhat you’readvocating for“SAT scoresare the onlyobjective wayto compareapplicants”someonerecommends“WhiteFragility”claims wecan’t be racistbecause it’snot“intentional”“intellectualdiversity”“ongoingdiscussions”asks you tosendresearch,doesn’t readitEMSPAA sends anemail about theircommitment todiversity whiledenying diversitycommitteesurvey sentout, noaction takenfrom resultsclaims Covidis preventingequity work“alwaysopen to yoursuggestions”uses bureaucraticroadblocks thatcould come up asan excuse to dozero equity workwhatsoeveruses existence ofequity committeethat they don’t listento as evidence oftheir commitment toequityreframesworkunrelated toequity asequity worksuggests a verylabor intensiveproject theyhave absolutelyno intention ofcontributing to“in this uniquetime” as ifracism hasn’texisted for thelast 20 yearsspends moretime namingequitycommittee thandoing equityworkdemands data,makes you payfor it, then getsangry at you forpublicizing itclaims 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-“a time to listen”
  2. I-accepts smallest possible change so they can say they’re doing “anti-racist work” while denying every other demand
  3. O-suggests you’re doing equity work incorrectly as someone who started thinking about it 10 minutes ago
  4. O-“color/race/need blind”
  5. B-“a product of society-wide inequalities”
  6. B-says “thank you for your advocacy” while denying what you’re advocating for
  7. N-“SAT scores are the only objective way to compare applicants”
  8. N-someone recommends “White Fragility”
  9. G-claims we can’t be racist because it’s not “intentional”
  10. I-“intellectual diversity”
  11. N-“ongoing discussions”
  12. B-asks you to send research, doesn’t read it
  13. I-EMSPAA sends an email about their commitment to diversity while denying diversity committee
  14. O-survey sent out, no action taken from results
  15. I-claims Covid is preventing equity work
  16. G-“always open to your suggestions”
  17. O-uses bureaucratic roadblocks that could come up as an excuse to do zero equity work whatsoever
  18. G-uses existence of equity committee that they don’t listen to as evidence of their commitment to equity
  19. O-reframes work unrelated to equity as equity work
  20. G-suggests a very labor intensive project they have absolutely no intention of contributing to
  21. B-“in this unique time” as if racism hasn’t existed for the last 20 years
  22. B-spends more time naming equity committee than doing equity work
  23. N-demands data, makes you pay for it, then gets angry at you for publicizing it
  24. I-claims the program is already diverse because there are Asian students