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

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