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

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