“intellectualdiversity”reframesworkunrelated toequity asequity work“in this uniquetime” as ifracism hasn’texisted for thelast 20 yearssays “thank youfor youradvocacy”while denyingwhat you’readvocating foruses existence ofequity committeethat they don’t listento as evidence oftheir commitment toequitysurvey sentout, noaction takenfrom resultsstaff sets up 30minute equitymeeting, goeson 27 minuteunrelated rantsuggests you’redoing equity workincorrectly assomeone whostarted thinkingabout it 10minutes ago“a productof society-wideinequalities”“ongoingdiscussions”demands data,makes you payfor it, then getsangry at you forpublicizing itclaims Covidis preventingequity work“a timetolisten”spends moretime namingequitycommittee thandoing equityworkuses bureaucraticroadblocks thatcould come up asan excuse to dozero equity workwhatsoeversuggests a verylabor intensiveproject theyhave absolutelyno intention ofcontributing toaccepts smallestpossible change sothey can say they’redoing “anti-racistwork” while denyingevery other demandclaims theprogram isalready diversebecause thereare Asianstudentsasks you tosendresearch,doesn’t readitEMSPAA sends anemail about theircommitment todiversity whiledenying diversitycommitteeclaims wecan’t be racistbecause it’snot“intentional”“alwaysopen to yoursuggestions”“bandwidth”willing to violateendowment forliterally any reasonexcept admittingunderrepresentedstudents“intellectualdiversity”reframesworkunrelated toequity asequity work“in this uniquetime” as ifracism hasn’texisted for thelast 20 yearssays “thank youfor youradvocacy”while denyingwhat you’readvocating foruses existence ofequity committeethat they don’t listento as evidence oftheir commitment toequitysurvey sentout, noaction takenfrom resultsstaff sets up 30minute equitymeeting, goeson 27 minuteunrelated rantsuggests you’redoing equity workincorrectly assomeone whostarted thinkingabout it 10minutes ago“a productof society-wideinequalities”“ongoingdiscussions”demands data,makes you payfor it, then getsangry at you forpublicizing itclaims Covidis preventingequity work“a timetolisten”spends moretime namingequitycommittee thandoing equityworkuses bureaucraticroadblocks thatcould come up asan excuse to dozero equity workwhatsoeversuggests a verylabor intensiveproject theyhave absolutelyno intention ofcontributing toaccepts smallestpossible change sothey can say they’redoing “anti-racistwork” while denyingevery other demandclaims theprogram isalready diversebecause thereare Asianstudentsasks you tosendresearch,doesn’t readitEMSPAA sends anemail about theircommitment todiversity whiledenying diversitycommitteeclaims wecan’t be racistbecause it’snot“intentional”“alwaysopen to yoursuggestions”“bandwidth”willing to violateendowment forliterally any reasonexcept admittingunderrepresentedstudents

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