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