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

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