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

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