“a productof society-wideinequalities”“in this uniquetime” as ifracism hasn’texisted for thelast 20 yearsasks you tosendresearch,doesn’t readitsays “thank youfor youradvocacy”while denyingwhat you’readvocating forEMSPAA sends anemail about theircommitment todiversity whiledenying diversitycommitteedemands data,makes you payfor it, then getsangry at you forpublicizing itspends moretime namingequitycommittee thandoing equityworkreframesworkunrelated toequity asequity work“intellectualdiversity”“color/race/needblind”“SAT scoresare the onlyobjective wayto compareapplicants”“bandwidth”“ongoingdiscussions”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 demanduses bureaucraticroadblocks thatcould come up asan excuse to dozero equity workwhatsoeverclaims theprogram isalready diversebecause thereare Asianstudentsclaims wecan’t be racistbecause it’snot“intentional”“alwaysopen to yoursuggestions”“a timetolisten”suggests a verylabor intensiveproject theyhave absolutelyno intention ofcontributing toclaims Covidis preventingequity worksuggests you’redoing equity workincorrectly assomeone whostarted thinkingabout it 10minutes agosurvey sentout, noaction takenfrom results“a productof society-wideinequalities”“in this uniquetime” as ifracism hasn’texisted for thelast 20 yearsasks you tosendresearch,doesn’t readitsays “thank youfor youradvocacy”while denyingwhat you’readvocating forEMSPAA sends anemail about theircommitment todiversity whiledenying diversitycommitteedemands data,makes you payfor it, then getsangry at you forpublicizing itspends moretime namingequitycommittee thandoing equityworkreframesworkunrelated toequity asequity work“intellectualdiversity”“color/race/needblind”“SAT scoresare the onlyobjective wayto compareapplicants”“bandwidth”“ongoingdiscussions”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 demanduses bureaucraticroadblocks thatcould come up asan excuse to dozero equity workwhatsoeverclaims theprogram isalready diversebecause thereare Asianstudentsclaims wecan’t be racistbecause it’snot“intentional”“alwaysopen to yoursuggestions”“a timetolisten”suggests a verylabor intensiveproject theyhave absolutelyno intention ofcontributing toclaims Covidis preventingequity worksuggests you’redoing equity workincorrectly assomeone whostarted thinkingabout it 10minutes agosurvey sentout, noaction takenfrom results

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