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

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