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

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