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

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