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

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