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