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

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