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

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