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

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