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

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