“SAT scoresare the onlyobjective wayto compareapplicants”reframesworkunrelated toequity asequity worksuggests a verylabor intensiveproject theyhave absolutelyno intention ofcontributing to“bandwidth”claims Covidis preventingequity worksays “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 it“color/race/needblind”accepts smallestpossible change sothey can say they’redoing “anti-racistwork” while denyingevery other demandsurvey sentout, noaction takenfrom results“a productof society-wideinequalities”uses bureaucraticroadblocks thatcould come up asan excuse to dozero equity workwhatsoeveruses existence ofequity committeethat they don’t listento as evidence oftheir commitment toequityclaims theprogram isalready diversebecause thereare Asianstudentsclaims wecan’t be racistbecause it’snot“intentional”“a timetolisten”“intellectualdiversity”asks you tosendresearch,doesn’t readit“ongoingdiscussions”“in this uniquetime” as ifracism hasn’texisted for thelast 20 yearsspends moretime namingequitycommittee thandoing equityworksuggests you’redoing equity workincorrectly assomeone whostarted thinkingabout it 10minutes ago“alwaysopen to yoursuggestions”“SAT scoresare the onlyobjective wayto compareapplicants”reframesworkunrelated toequity asequity worksuggests a verylabor intensiveproject theyhave absolutelyno intention ofcontributing to“bandwidth”claims Covidis preventingequity worksays “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 it“color/race/needblind”accepts smallestpossible change sothey can say they’redoing “anti-racistwork” while denyingevery other demandsurvey sentout, noaction takenfrom results“a productof society-wideinequalities”uses bureaucraticroadblocks thatcould come up asan excuse to dozero equity workwhatsoeveruses existence ofequity committeethat they don’t listento as evidence oftheir commitment toequityclaims theprogram isalready diversebecause thereare Asianstudentsclaims wecan’t be racistbecause it’snot“intentional”“a timetolisten”“intellectualdiversity”asks you tosendresearch,doesn’t readit“ongoingdiscussions”“in this uniquetime” as ifracism hasn’texisted for thelast 20 yearsspends moretime namingequitycommittee thandoing equityworksuggests you’redoing equity workincorrectly assomeone whostarted thinkingabout it 10minutes ago“alwaysopen to yoursuggestions”

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