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

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