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

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