staff sets up 30minute equitymeeting, goeson 27 minuteunrelated rantdemands data,makes you payfor it, then getsangry at you forpublicizing it“ongoingdiscussions”uses bureaucraticroadblocks thatcould come up asan excuse to dozero equity workwhatsoeverEMSPAA sends anemail about theircommitment todiversity whiledenying diversitycommitteeclaims wecan’t be racistbecause it’snot“intentional”“bandwidth”“intellectualdiversity”accepts smallestpossible change sothey can say they’redoing “anti-racistwork” while denyingevery other demand“alwaysopen to yoursuggestions”“a productof society-wideinequalities”suggests you’redoing equity workincorrectly assomeone whostarted thinkingabout it 10minutes agoclaims Covidis preventingequity work“a timetolisten”uses existence ofequity committeethat they don’t listento as evidence oftheir commitment toequity“SAT scoresare the onlyobjective wayto compareapplicants”“in this uniquetime” as ifracism hasn’texisted for thelast 20 yearsasks you tosendresearch,doesn’t readitsays “thank youfor youradvocacy”while denyingwhat you’readvocating forsurvey sentout, noaction takenfrom resultsreframesworkunrelated toequity asequity workspends moretime namingequitycommittee thandoing equityworkclaims theprogram isalready diversebecause thereare Asianstudentssuggests a verylabor intensiveproject theyhave absolutelyno intention ofcontributing tostaff sets up 30minute equitymeeting, goeson 27 minuteunrelated rantdemands data,makes you payfor it, then getsangry at you forpublicizing it“ongoingdiscussions”uses bureaucraticroadblocks thatcould come up asan excuse to dozero equity workwhatsoeverEMSPAA sends anemail about theircommitment todiversity whiledenying diversitycommitteeclaims wecan’t be racistbecause it’snot“intentional”“bandwidth”“intellectualdiversity”accepts smallestpossible change sothey can say they’redoing “anti-racistwork” while denyingevery other demand“alwaysopen to yoursuggestions”“a productof society-wideinequalities”suggests you’redoing equity workincorrectly assomeone whostarted thinkingabout it 10minutes agoclaims Covidis preventingequity work“a timetolisten”uses existence ofequity committeethat they don’t listento as evidence oftheir commitment toequity“SAT scoresare the onlyobjective wayto compareapplicants”“in this uniquetime” as ifracism hasn’texisted for thelast 20 yearsasks you tosendresearch,doesn’t readitsays “thank youfor youradvocacy”while denyingwhat you’readvocating forsurvey sentout, noaction takenfrom resultsreframesworkunrelated toequity asequity workspends moretime namingequitycommittee thandoing equityworkclaims theprogram isalready diversebecause thereare Asianstudentssuggests a verylabor intensiveproject theyhave absolutelyno intention ofcontributing to

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