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

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