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