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

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