suggests you’redoing equity workincorrectly assomeone whostarted thinkingabout it 10minutes ago“a timetolisten”claims wecan’t be racistbecause it’snot“intentional”uses bureaucraticroadblocks thatcould come up asan excuse to dozero equity workwhatsoeversays “thank youfor youradvocacy”while denyingwhat you’readvocating forspends moretime namingequitycommittee thandoing equityworksuggests a verylabor intensiveproject theyhave absolutelyno intention ofcontributing tostaff sets up 30minute equitymeeting, goeson 27 minuteunrelated rantclaims Covidis preventingequity work“a productof society-wideinequalities”“ongoingdiscussions”accepts smallestpossible change sothey can say they’redoing “anti-racistwork” while denyingevery other demand“SAT scoresare the onlyobjective wayto compareapplicants”demands data,makes you payfor it, then getsangry at you forpublicizing it“bandwidth”claims theprogram isalready diversebecause thereare Asianstudents“alwaysopen to yoursuggestions”uses existence ofequity committeethat they don’t listento as evidence oftheir commitment toequity“intellectualdiversity”“in this uniquetime” as ifracism hasn’texisted for thelast 20 yearsEMSPAA sends anemail about theircommitment todiversity whiledenying diversitycommitteesurvey sentout, noaction takenfrom resultsasks you tosendresearch,doesn’t readitreframesworkunrelated toequity asequity worksuggests you’redoing equity workincorrectly assomeone whostarted thinkingabout it 10minutes ago“a timetolisten”claims wecan’t be racistbecause it’snot“intentional”uses bureaucraticroadblocks thatcould come up asan excuse to dozero equity workwhatsoeversays “thank youfor youradvocacy”while denyingwhat you’readvocating forspends moretime namingequitycommittee thandoing equityworksuggests a verylabor intensiveproject theyhave absolutelyno intention ofcontributing tostaff sets up 30minute equitymeeting, goeson 27 minuteunrelated rantclaims Covidis preventingequity work“a productof society-wideinequalities”“ongoingdiscussions”accepts smallestpossible change sothey can say they’redoing “anti-racistwork” while denyingevery other demand“SAT scoresare the onlyobjective wayto compareapplicants”demands data,makes you payfor it, then getsangry at you forpublicizing it“bandwidth”claims theprogram isalready diversebecause thereare Asianstudents“alwaysopen to yoursuggestions”uses existence ofequity committeethat they don’t listento as evidence oftheir commitment toequity“intellectualdiversity”“in this uniquetime” as ifracism hasn’texisted for thelast 20 yearsEMSPAA sends anemail about theircommitment todiversity whiledenying diversitycommitteesurvey sentout, noaction takenfrom resultsasks you tosendresearch,doesn’t readitreframesworkunrelated toequity asequity 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. O-suggests you’re doing equity work incorrectly as someone who started thinking about it 10 minutes ago
  2. G-“a time to listen”
  3. G-claims we can’t be racist because it’s not “intentional”
  4. O-uses bureaucratic roadblocks that could come up as an excuse to do zero equity work whatsoever
  5. B-says “thank you for your advocacy” while denying what you’re advocating for
  6. B-spends more time naming equity committee than doing equity work
  7. G-suggests a very labor intensive project they have absolutely no intention of contributing to
  8. O-staff sets up 30 minute equity meeting, goes on 27 minute unrelated rant
  9. I-claims Covid is preventing equity work
  10. B-“a product of society-wide inequalities”
  11. N-“ongoing discussions”
  12. I-accepts smallest possible change so they can say they’re doing “anti-racist work” while denying every other demand
  13. N-“SAT scores are the only objective way to compare applicants”
  14. N-demands data, makes you pay for it, then gets angry at you for publicizing it
  15. N-“bandwidth”
  16. I-claims the program is already diverse because there are Asian students
  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. I-“intellectual diversity”
  20. B-“in this unique time” as if racism hasn’t existed for the last 20 years
  21. I-EMSPAA sends an email about their commitment to diversity while denying diversity committee
  22. O-survey sent out, no action taken from results
  23. B-asks you to send research, doesn’t read it
  24. O-reframes work unrelated to equity as equity work