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

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