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

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