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

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