accepts smallestpossible change sothey can say they’redoing “anti-racistwork” while denyingevery other demandclaims Covidis preventingequity work“a productof society-wideinequalities”“alwaysopen to yoursuggestions”“ongoingdiscussions”uses existence ofequity committeethat they don’t listento as evidence oftheir commitment toequitysuggests you’redoing equity workincorrectly assomeone whostarted thinkingabout it 10minutes agoclaims wecan’t be racistbecause it’snot“intentional”suggests a verylabor intensiveproject theyhave absolutelyno intention ofcontributing toEMSPAA sends anemail about theircommitment todiversity whiledenying diversitycommitteeclaims theprogram isalready diversebecause thereare Asianstudents“SAT scoresare the onlyobjective wayto compareapplicants”says “thank youfor youradvocacy”while denyingwhat you’readvocating foruses bureaucraticroadblocks thatcould come up asan excuse to dozero equity workwhatsoeverspends moretime namingequitycommittee thandoing equitywork“bandwidth”“a timetolisten”“intellectualdiversity”“in this uniquetime” as ifracism hasn’texisted for thelast 20 yearsdemands data,makes you payfor it, then getsangry at you forpublicizing itreframesworkunrelated toequity asequity worksurvey sentout, noaction takenfrom resultsstaff sets up 30minute equitymeeting, goeson 27 minuteunrelated rantasks you tosendresearch,doesn’t readitaccepts smallestpossible change sothey can say they’redoing “anti-racistwork” while denyingevery other demandclaims Covidis preventingequity work“a productof society-wideinequalities”“alwaysopen to yoursuggestions”“ongoingdiscussions”uses existence ofequity committeethat they don’t listento as evidence oftheir commitment toequitysuggests you’redoing equity workincorrectly assomeone whostarted thinkingabout it 10minutes agoclaims wecan’t be racistbecause it’snot“intentional”suggests a verylabor intensiveproject theyhave absolutelyno intention ofcontributing toEMSPAA sends anemail about theircommitment todiversity whiledenying diversitycommitteeclaims theprogram isalready diversebecause thereare Asianstudents“SAT scoresare the onlyobjective wayto compareapplicants”says “thank youfor youradvocacy”while denyingwhat you’readvocating foruses bureaucraticroadblocks thatcould come up asan excuse to dozero equity workwhatsoeverspends moretime namingequitycommittee thandoing equitywork“bandwidth”“a timetolisten”“intellectualdiversity”“in this uniquetime” as ifracism hasn’texisted for thelast 20 yearsdemands data,makes you payfor it, then getsangry at you forpublicizing itreframesworkunrelated toequity asequity worksurvey sentout, noaction takenfrom resultsstaff sets up 30minute equitymeeting, goeson 27 minuteunrelated rantasks you tosendresearch,doesn’t readit

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