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

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