asks you tosendresearch,doesn’t readit“a productof society-wideinequalities”“ongoingdiscussions”suggests you’redoing equity workincorrectly assomeone whostarted thinkingabout it 10minutes agoclaims wecan’t be racistbecause it’snot“intentional”accepts smallestpossible change sothey can say they’redoing “anti-racistwork” while denyingevery other demandsurvey sentout, noaction takenfrom resultsclaims Covidis preventingequity work“in this uniquetime” as ifracism hasn’texisted for thelast 20 years“alwaysopen to yoursuggestions”demands data,makes you payfor it, then getsangry at you forpublicizing itwilling to violateendowment forliterally any reasonexcept admittingunderrepresentedstudentsuses existence ofequity committeethat they don’t listento as evidence oftheir commitment toequityuses bureaucraticroadblocks thatcould come up asan excuse to dozero equity workwhatsoeverEMSPAA sends anemail about theircommitment todiversity whiledenying diversitycommitteespends moretime namingequitycommittee thandoing equityworksays “thank youfor youradvocacy”while denyingwhat you’readvocating for“bandwidth”staff sets up 30minute equitymeeting, goeson 27 minuteunrelated rantclaims theprogram isalready diversebecause thereare Asianstudentsreframesworkunrelated toequity asequity work“intellectualdiversity”“a timetolisten”suggests a verylabor intensiveproject theyhave absolutelyno intention ofcontributing toasks you tosendresearch,doesn’t readit“a productof society-wideinequalities”“ongoingdiscussions”suggests you’redoing equity workincorrectly assomeone whostarted thinkingabout it 10minutes agoclaims wecan’t be racistbecause it’snot“intentional”accepts smallestpossible change sothey can say they’redoing “anti-racistwork” while denyingevery other demandsurvey sentout, noaction takenfrom resultsclaims Covidis preventingequity work“in this uniquetime” as ifracism hasn’texisted for thelast 20 years“alwaysopen to yoursuggestions”demands data,makes you payfor it, then getsangry at you forpublicizing itwilling to violateendowment forliterally any reasonexcept admittingunderrepresentedstudentsuses existence ofequity committeethat they don’t listento as evidence oftheir commitment toequityuses bureaucraticroadblocks thatcould come up asan excuse to dozero equity workwhatsoeverEMSPAA sends anemail about theircommitment todiversity whiledenying diversitycommitteespends moretime namingequitycommittee thandoing equityworksays “thank youfor youradvocacy”while denyingwhat you’readvocating for“bandwidth”staff sets up 30minute equitymeeting, goeson 27 minuteunrelated rantclaims theprogram isalready diversebecause thereare Asianstudentsreframesworkunrelated toequity asequity work“intellectualdiversity”“a timetolisten”suggests a verylabor intensiveproject theyhave absolutelyno intention ofcontributing to

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