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

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