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

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