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

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