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

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