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

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