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

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