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

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