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

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