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

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