staff sets up 30minute equitymeeting, goeson 27 minuteunrelated rantwilling to violateendowment forliterally any reasonexcept admittingunderrepresentedstudents“alwaysopen to yoursuggestions”spends moretime namingequitycommittee thandoing equitywork“ongoingdiscussions”accepts smallestpossible change sothey can say they’redoing “anti-racistwork” while denyingevery other demandclaims theprogram isalready diversebecause thereare Asianstudentssuggests a verylabor intensiveproject theyhave absolutelyno intention ofcontributing to“a productof society-wideinequalities”uses existence ofequity committeethat they don’t listento as evidence oftheir commitment toequityEMSPAA sends anemail about theircommitment todiversity whiledenying diversitycommittee“bandwidth”uses bureaucraticroadblocks thatcould come up asan excuse to dozero equity workwhatsoeverasks you tosendresearch,doesn’t readitsurvey sentout, noaction takenfrom resultsreframesworkunrelated toequity asequity workdemands data,makes you payfor it, then getsangry at you forpublicizing itclaims wecan’t be racistbecause it’snot“intentional”claims Covidis preventingequity work“in this uniquetime” as ifracism hasn’texisted for thelast 20 yearssuggests you’redoing equity workincorrectly assomeone whostarted thinkingabout it 10minutes ago“intellectualdiversity”says “thank youfor youradvocacy”while denyingwhat you’readvocating for“a timetolisten”staff sets up 30minute equitymeeting, goeson 27 minuteunrelated rantwilling to violateendowment forliterally any reasonexcept admittingunderrepresentedstudents“alwaysopen to yoursuggestions”spends moretime namingequitycommittee thandoing equitywork“ongoingdiscussions”accepts smallestpossible change sothey can say they’redoing “anti-racistwork” while denyingevery other demandclaims theprogram isalready diversebecause thereare Asianstudentssuggests a verylabor intensiveproject theyhave absolutelyno intention ofcontributing to“a productof society-wideinequalities”uses existence ofequity committeethat they don’t listento as evidence oftheir commitment toequityEMSPAA sends anemail about theircommitment todiversity whiledenying diversitycommittee“bandwidth”uses bureaucraticroadblocks thatcould come up asan excuse to dozero equity workwhatsoeverasks you tosendresearch,doesn’t readitsurvey sentout, noaction takenfrom resultsreframesworkunrelated toequity asequity workdemands data,makes you payfor it, then getsangry at you forpublicizing itclaims wecan’t be racistbecause it’snot“intentional”claims Covidis preventingequity work“in this uniquetime” as ifracism hasn’texisted for thelast 20 yearssuggests you’redoing equity workincorrectly assomeone whostarted thinkingabout it 10minutes ago“intellectualdiversity”says “thank youfor youradvocacy”while denyingwhat you’readvocating for“a timetolisten”

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