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