uses bureaucraticroadblocks thatcould come up asan excuse to dozero equity workwhatsoever“intellectualdiversity”reframesworkunrelated toequity asequity work“in this uniquetime” as ifracism hasn’texisted for thelast 20 years“a productof society-wideinequalities”demands data,makes you payfor it, then getsangry at you forpublicizing it“bandwidth”“ongoingdiscussions”accepts smallestpossible change sothey can say they’redoing “anti-racistwork” while denyingevery other demandclaims theprogram isalready diversebecause thereare Asianstudents“a timetolisten”“alwaysopen to yoursuggestions”spends moretime namingequitycommittee thandoing equityworkEMSPAA sends anemail about theircommitment todiversity whiledenying diversitycommitteesuggests you’redoing equity workincorrectly assomeone whostarted thinkingabout it 10minutes ago“SAT scoresare the onlyobjective wayto compareapplicants”says “thank youfor youradvocacy”while denyingwhat you’readvocating forstaff sets up 30minute equitymeeting, goeson 27 minuteunrelated rantuses existence ofequity committeethat they don’t listento as evidence oftheir commitment toequityclaims Covidis preventingequity workasks you tosendresearch,doesn’t readitclaims wecan’t be racistbecause it’snot“intentional”suggests a verylabor intensiveproject theyhave absolutelyno intention ofcontributing tosurvey sentout, noaction takenfrom resultsuses bureaucraticroadblocks thatcould come up asan excuse to dozero equity workwhatsoever“intellectualdiversity”reframesworkunrelated toequity asequity work“in this uniquetime” as ifracism hasn’texisted for thelast 20 years“a productof society-wideinequalities”demands data,makes you payfor it, then getsangry at you forpublicizing it“bandwidth”“ongoingdiscussions”accepts smallestpossible change sothey can say they’redoing “anti-racistwork” while denyingevery other demandclaims theprogram isalready diversebecause thereare Asianstudents“a timetolisten”“alwaysopen to yoursuggestions”spends moretime namingequitycommittee thandoing equityworkEMSPAA sends anemail about theircommitment todiversity whiledenying diversitycommitteesuggests you’redoing equity workincorrectly assomeone whostarted thinkingabout it 10minutes ago“SAT scoresare the onlyobjective wayto compareapplicants”says “thank youfor youradvocacy”while denyingwhat you’readvocating forstaff sets up 30minute equitymeeting, goeson 27 minuteunrelated rantuses existence ofequity committeethat they don’t listento as evidence oftheir commitment toequityclaims Covidis preventingequity workasks you tosendresearch,doesn’t readitclaims wecan’t be racistbecause it’snot“intentional”suggests a verylabor intensiveproject theyhave absolutelyno intention ofcontributing tosurvey sentout, noaction takenfrom results

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-uses bureaucratic roadblocks that could come up as an excuse to do zero equity work whatsoever
  2. I-“intellectual diversity”
  3. O-reframes work unrelated to equity as equity work
  4. B-“in this unique time” as if racism hasn’t existed for the last 20 years
  5. B-“a product of society-wide inequalities”
  6. N-demands data, makes you pay for it, then gets angry at you for publicizing it
  7. N-“bandwidth”
  8. N-“ongoing discussions”
  9. I-accepts smallest possible change so they can say they’re doing “anti-racist work” while denying every other demand
  10. I-claims the program is already diverse because there are Asian students
  11. G-“a time to listen”
  12. G-“always open to your suggestions”
  13. B-spends more time naming equity committee than doing equity work
  14. I-EMSPAA sends an email about their commitment to diversity while denying diversity committee
  15. O-suggests you’re doing equity work incorrectly as someone who started thinking about it 10 minutes ago
  16. N-“SAT scores are the only objective way to compare applicants”
  17. B-says “thank you for your advocacy” while denying what you’re advocating for
  18. O-staff sets up 30 minute equity meeting, goes on 27 minute unrelated rant
  19. G-uses existence of equity committee that they don’t listen to as evidence of their commitment to equity
  20. I-claims Covid is preventing equity work
  21. B-asks you to send research, doesn’t read it
  22. G-claims we can’t be racist because it’s not “intentional”
  23. G-suggests a very labor intensive project they have absolutely no intention of contributing to
  24. O-survey sent out, no action taken from results