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

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