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

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