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

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