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

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