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

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