survey sentout, noaction takenfrom results“a timetolisten”EMSPAA sends anemail about theircommitment todiversity whiledenying diversitycommittee“ongoingdiscussions”accepts smallestpossible change sothey can say they’redoing “anti-racistwork” while denyingevery other demandsuggests you’redoing equity workincorrectly assomeone whostarted thinkingabout it 10minutes ago“a productof society-wideinequalities”spends moretime namingequitycommittee thandoing equityworkclaims wecan’t be racistbecause it’snot“intentional”“alwaysopen to yoursuggestions”claims Covidis preventingequity workuses existence ofequity committeethat they don’t listento as evidence oftheir commitment toequitysuggests a verylabor intensiveproject theyhave absolutelyno intention ofcontributing todemands data,makes you payfor it, then getsangry at you forpublicizing it“bandwidth”says “thank youfor youradvocacy”while denyingwhat you’readvocating forasks you tosendresearch,doesn’t readitstaff sets up 30minute equitymeeting, goeson 27 minuteunrelated rantuses bureaucraticroadblocks thatcould come up asan excuse to dozero equity workwhatsoeverreframesworkunrelated toequity asequity work“in this uniquetime” as ifracism hasn’texisted for thelast 20 years“intellectualdiversity”willing to violateendowment forliterally any reasonexcept admittingunderrepresentedstudentsclaims theprogram isalready diversebecause thereare Asianstudentssurvey sentout, noaction takenfrom results“a timetolisten”EMSPAA sends anemail about theircommitment todiversity whiledenying diversitycommittee“ongoingdiscussions”accepts smallestpossible change sothey can say they’redoing “anti-racistwork” while denyingevery other demandsuggests you’redoing equity workincorrectly assomeone whostarted thinkingabout it 10minutes ago“a productof society-wideinequalities”spends moretime namingequitycommittee thandoing equityworkclaims wecan’t be racistbecause it’snot“intentional”“alwaysopen to yoursuggestions”claims Covidis preventingequity workuses existence ofequity committeethat they don’t listento as evidence oftheir commitment toequitysuggests a verylabor intensiveproject theyhave absolutelyno intention ofcontributing todemands data,makes you payfor it, then getsangry at you forpublicizing it“bandwidth”says “thank youfor youradvocacy”while denyingwhat you’readvocating forasks you tosendresearch,doesn’t readitstaff sets up 30minute equitymeeting, goeson 27 minuteunrelated rantuses bureaucraticroadblocks thatcould come up asan excuse to dozero equity workwhatsoeverreframesworkunrelated toequity asequity work“in this uniquetime” as ifracism hasn’texisted for thelast 20 years“intellectualdiversity”willing to violateendowment forliterally any reasonexcept admittingunderrepresentedstudentsclaims theprogram isalready diversebecause thereare Asianstudents

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