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

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