claims wecan’t be racistbecause it’snot“intentional”“in this uniquetime” as ifracism hasn’texisted for thelast 20 years“a timetolisten”EMSPAA sends anemail about theircommitment todiversity whiledenying diversitycommitteesuggests a verylabor intensiveproject theyhave absolutelyno intention ofcontributing toclaims theprogram isalready diversebecause thereare Asianstudentsaccepts 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“SAT scoresare the onlyobjective wayto compareapplicants”survey sentout, noaction takenfrom results“bandwidth”claims Covidis preventingequity workasks you tosendresearch,doesn’t readitspends moretime namingequitycommittee thandoing equityworksuggests you’redoing equity workincorrectly assomeone whostarted thinkingabout it 10minutes agosays “thank youfor youradvocacy”while denyingwhat you’readvocating for“a productof society-wideinequalities”demands data,makes you payfor it, then getsangry at you forpublicizing it“alwaysopen to yoursuggestions”“intellectualdiversity”“color/race/needblind”“ongoingdiscussions”reframesworkunrelated toequity asequity workuses bureaucraticroadblocks thatcould come up asan excuse to dozero equity workwhatsoeverclaims wecan’t be racistbecause it’snot“intentional”“in this uniquetime” as ifracism hasn’texisted for thelast 20 years“a timetolisten”EMSPAA sends anemail about theircommitment todiversity whiledenying diversitycommitteesuggests a verylabor intensiveproject theyhave absolutelyno intention ofcontributing toclaims theprogram isalready diversebecause thereare Asianstudentsaccepts 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“SAT scoresare the onlyobjective wayto compareapplicants”survey sentout, noaction takenfrom results“bandwidth”claims Covidis preventingequity workasks you tosendresearch,doesn’t readitspends moretime namingequitycommittee thandoing equityworksuggests you’redoing equity workincorrectly assomeone whostarted thinkingabout it 10minutes agosays “thank youfor youradvocacy”while denyingwhat you’readvocating for“a productof society-wideinequalities”demands data,makes you payfor it, then getsangry at you forpublicizing it“alwaysopen to yoursuggestions”“intellectualdiversity”“color/race/needblind”“ongoingdiscussions”reframesworkunrelated toequity asequity workuses bureaucraticroadblocks thatcould come up asan excuse to dozero equity workwhatsoever

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