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

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