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