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

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