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