uses existence ofequity committeethat they don’t listento as evidence oftheir commitment toequitysuggests a verylabor intensiveproject theyhave absolutelyno intention ofcontributing to“intellectualdiversity”“SAT scoresare the onlyobjective wayto compareapplicants”“a timetolisten”demands data,makes you payfor it, then getsangry at you forpublicizing it“in this uniquetime” as ifracism hasn’texisted for thelast 20 yearsEMSPAA sends anemail about theircommitment todiversity whiledenying diversitycommitteeclaims theprogram isalready diversebecause thereare Asianstudents“bandwidth”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 workwhatsoeverreframesworkunrelated toequity asequity worksuggests you’redoing equity workincorrectly assomeone whostarted thinkingabout it 10minutes agosurvey sentout, noaction takenfrom resultsspends moretime namingequitycommittee thandoing equitywork“ongoingdiscussions”asks you tosendresearch,doesn’t readit“alwaysopen to yoursuggestions”accepts smallestpossible change sothey can say they’redoing “anti-racistwork” while denyingevery other demand“a productof society-wideinequalities”claims Covidis preventingequity workstaff sets up 30minute equitymeeting, goeson 27 minuteunrelated rantuses existence ofequity committeethat they don’t listento as evidence oftheir commitment toequitysuggests a verylabor intensiveproject theyhave absolutelyno intention ofcontributing to“intellectualdiversity”“SAT scoresare the onlyobjective wayto compareapplicants”“a timetolisten”demands data,makes you payfor it, then getsangry at you forpublicizing it“in this uniquetime” as ifracism hasn’texisted for thelast 20 yearsEMSPAA sends anemail about theircommitment todiversity whiledenying diversitycommitteeclaims theprogram isalready diversebecause thereare Asianstudents“bandwidth”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 workwhatsoeverreframesworkunrelated toequity asequity worksuggests you’redoing equity workincorrectly assomeone whostarted thinkingabout it 10minutes agosurvey sentout, noaction takenfrom resultsspends moretime namingequitycommittee thandoing equitywork“ongoingdiscussions”asks you tosendresearch,doesn’t readit“alwaysopen to yoursuggestions”accepts smallestpossible change sothey can say they’redoing “anti-racistwork” while denyingevery other demand“a productof society-wideinequalities”claims Covidis preventingequity workstaff sets up 30minute equitymeeting, goeson 27 minuteunrelated rant

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