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

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