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